THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF CHARLES CHAUNCY (1705-1787)
| Author: | Gibbs, Norman | |
| Year: | 2012 | |
| Pages: | 240 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-2618-3 978-0-7734-2618-4 | |
| Price: | $179.95 + shipping | |
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With a Commendatory Foreword by Richard Hall
A spiritual biography of Charles Chauncy which, for the first time, provides an alternative and balanced view of his theology and life.
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“… think of no finer way to honor my father’s name and his innumerable gifts to me than to facilitate the fulfillment of this last wish and request by editing his meticulous research into publishable form, thereby making Charles Chauncy’s evangelical Christianity, his patriotism, and his universal humanity available to a wider readership today.” – Prof. Lee Gibbs, Cleveland State University
Table of Contents
Editor’s Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Life and Major Works
Chapter 1: Biographical Sketch and Personal Characteristics
Chapter 2: Chauncy as the Leading Critic of the Great Awakening
Chapter 3: Chauncy’s Opposition to the British Stamp Act and the Church of England’s Attempt to Establish a Bishop in America
Chapter 4: Theological Controversy over the Doctrine of Original Sin
Chapter 5: The Controversy Over Universal Salvation
Chapter 6: Chauncy Becomes “Theologian of the American Revolution”
Part II: The Problem of Revelation and Reason in the Thought of Charles Chauncy
Chapter 7: The Impact of the Enlightenment Upon the Thought of Chauncy
Chapter 8: The Nature and Value of Natural Religion
Chapter 9: Christ and the Spirit in Revelation
Chapter 10: Revelation and the Bible
Chapter 11: Saving Faith
Chapter 12: Closure to Part II
Chauncy’s Kenotic Christology
Chapter 13: A Christology of Two Portraits
Chapter 14: Covert Arianism or Covenant Theology in Kenotic Disguise?
Chapter 15: Kenosis in the New Testament
Chapter 16: The Kenosis in the Writings of Chauncy
Chapter 17: Closure to Part III
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Life and Major Works
Chapter 1: Biographical Sketch and Personal Characteristics
Chapter 2: Chauncy as the Leading Critic of the Great Awakening
Chapter 3: Chauncy’s Opposition to the British Stamp Act and the Church of England’s Attempt to Establish a Bishop in America
Chapter 4: Theological Controversy over the Doctrine of Original Sin
Chapter 5: The Controversy Over Universal Salvation
Chapter 6: Chauncy Becomes “Theologian of the American Revolution”
Part II: The Problem of Revelation and Reason in the Thought of Charles Chauncy
Chapter 7: The Impact of the Enlightenment Upon the Thought of Chauncy
Chapter 8: The Nature and Value of Natural Religion
Chapter 9: Christ and the Spirit in Revelation
Chapter 10: Revelation and the Bible
Chapter 11: Saving Faith
Chapter 12: Closure to Part II
Chauncy’s Kenotic Christology
Chapter 13: A Christology of Two Portraits
Chapter 14: Covert Arianism or Covenant Theology in Kenotic Disguise?
Chapter 15: Kenosis in the New Testament
Chapter 16: The Kenosis in the Writings of Chauncy
Chapter 17: Closure to Part III
Selected Bibliography
Index