George Marsden
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| George Marsden | |
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| Born | George M. Marsden February 25, 1939 |
| Alma mater | Yale University Westminster Theological Seminary Haverford College |
| Institutions | University of Notre Dame Duke Divinity School Calvin College |
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Main interests
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American Evangelicalism |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. George M. Marsden (born February 25, 1939) is an historian who has written extensively on the interaction between Christianity and American culture, particularly on Christianity in American higher education and on American Evangelicalism. He is best known for his award-winning biography of the New England clergyman and theological writer Jonathan Edwards, a prominent theologian of Colonial America.
Biography
He attended Haverford College, Westminster Theological Seminary, and Yale University, finishing with a Ph.D. in American history under Professor Sydney Ahlstrom. He taught at Calvin College (1965–1986), Duke Divinity School (1986–1992), and as Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at The University of Notre Dame (1992–2008).
Awards
- 2004 Bancroft Prize for Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- 2004 Merle Curti Award
- 2005 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion[1]
Selected works
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- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (A collection of previously published essays.)
- A Short Life of Jonathan Edwards (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008) (ISBN 9780802802200). (A concise biography, based on but not merely an abridgment of the author's 2003 prize-winning biography of the theologian.)
Footnotes
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- Daren Dochuk, Thomas S. Kidd, and Kurt W. Peterson (eds.), American Evangelism: George Marsden and the State of American Religious History. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2014.
External links
- Marsden's faculty page at Notre Dame
- George Marsden's personal page at Notre Dame
- "George Marsden Discusses His "Short Life of Jonathan Edwards."
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