John Witherspoon's American Revolution / by Mailer, Gideon

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Enlightenment and religion between Scotland and America -- "A road to distinction very different from that of his more successful companions": Augustinian piety in Witherspoon's Scotland -- "Of local and temporary reformation, local and occasional depravation": Kirk divisions and American prospects at midcentury -- "The bulwark of the religion and liberty of America": Presbyterian revivalism and American higher education before Witherspoon -- "All the conclusions drawn from these principles must be vague": American moral philosophy after Witherspoon -- "When their fathers have fallen asleep": domestic culture, public virtue, and the power of language -- "Every one of them full of the old Cameronian resisting sentiments": piety, Anglo-Scottish union, and American independence -- "How far the magistrate ought to interfere in matters of religion": public faith and the ambiguity of political representation after 1776 -- "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man": John Witherspoon, James Madison, and the American Zion": Presbyterian moral philosophy and educational conflict during the nineteenth century.…”

The selected writings of John Witherspoon / by Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794

Table of Contents: “…Ecclesiastical characteristics: or, the arcana of church policy -- Address to the inhabitants of Jamaica, and other West Indian islands, in behalf of the College of New Jersey -- Christian magnanimity -- The dominion of providence over the passions of men -- Part of a speech in Congress, upon the confederation -- Lectures on moral philosophy -- Lectures on eloquence.…”
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John Witherspoon's American Revolution / by Mailer, Gideon

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Enlightenment and religion between Scotland and America -- "A road to distinction very different from that of his more successful companions": Augustinian piety in Witherspoon's Scotland -- "Of local and temporary reformation, local and occasional depravation": Kirk divisions and American prospects at midcentury -- "The bulwark of the religion and liberty of America": Presbyterian revivalism and American higher education before Witherspoon -- "All the conclusions drawn from these principles must be vague": American moral philosophy after Witherspoon -- "When their fathers have fallen asleep": domestic culture, public virtue, and the power of language -- "Every one of them full of the old Cameronian resisting sentiments": piety, Anglo-Scottish union, and American independence -- "How far the magistrate ought to interfere in matters of religion": public faith and the ambiguity of political representation after 1776 -- "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man": John Witherspoon, James Madison, and the American Zion": Presbyterian moral philosophy and educational conflict during the nineteenth century.…”
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John Witherspoon's American Revolution / by Mailer, Gideon

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Enlightenment and religion between Scotland and America -- "A road to distinction very different from that of his more successful companions": Augustinian piety in Witherspoon's Scotland -- "Of local and temporary reformation, local and occasional depravation": Kirk divisions and American prospects at midcentury -- "The bulwark of the religion and liberty of America": Presbyterian revivalism and American higher education before Witherspoon -- "All the conclusions drawn from these principles must be vague": American moral philosophy after Witherspoon -- "When their fathers have fallen asleep": domestic culture, public virtue, and the power of language -- "Every one of them full of the old Cameronian resisting sentiments": piety, Anglo-Scottish union, and American independence -- "How far the magistrate ought to interfere in matters of religion": public faith and the ambiguity of political representation after 1776 -- "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man": John Witherspoon, James Madison, and the American Zion": Presbyterian moral philosophy and educational conflict during the nineteenth century.…”
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The selected writings of John Witherspoon / by Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Preface to the Cloth Edition; Introduction; Ecclesiastical Characteristics or, The Arcana of Church Policy; Address To the Inhabitants of Jamaica, and Other West India Islands, in Behalf of the College of New Jersey; Christian Magnanimity; The Dominion of Providence Over the Passions of Men; Part of a Speech in Congress, upon the Confederation; Lectures on Moral Philosophy; Lectures on Eloquence; Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address -- Also in this series; Back Cover.…”
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