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James McCosh played a leading role in the effort to reconcile two powerful intellectual and social forces of the nineteenth century: evolution and evangelicalism. In the first modern biography of this philosopher, religious leader, and educator, J. David Hoeveler demonstrates McCosh's significance for Scottish and American philosophy and for Americ



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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. viii*Preface, pg. ix*Chapter One. THE Heirs of Knox, pg. 3*Chapter Two. A Scottish Education, pg. 33*Chapter Three. The Gospel Ministry, pg. 66*Chapter Four. Intuitional Realism, pg. 111*Chapter Five. Protestant Scholasticism, pg. 147*Chapter Six. Nature and Nature's God, pg. 180*Chapter Seven. Academic Reformer, pg. 215*Chapter Nine. The New Princeton, pg. 312*McCosh Bibliography, pg. 351*Index, pg. 361

James McCosh and the Scottish Intellectual

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691615271, 978-0691615271
      ISBN10: 0691615276
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      James McCosh played a leading role in the effort to reconcile two powerful intellectual and social forces of the nineteenth century: evolution and evangelicalism. In the first modern biography of this philosopher, religious leader, and educator, J. David Hoeveler demonstrates McCosh's significance for Scottish and American philosophy and for Americ



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. viii*Preface, pg. ix*Chapter One. THE Heirs of Knox, pg. 3*Chapter Two. A Scottish Education, pg. 33*Chapter Three. The Gospel Ministry, pg. 66*Chapter Four. Intuitional Realism, pg. 111*Chapter Five. Protestant Scholasticism, pg. 147*Chapter Six. Nature and Nature's God, pg. 180*Chapter Seven. Academic Reformer, pg. 215*Chapter Nine. The New Princeton, pg. 312*McCosh Bibliography, pg. 351*Index, pg. 361

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