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On being Presbyterian : our beliefs, practices, and stories / Sean Michael Lucas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Phillipsburg, N.J. : P&R Pub., c2006.Description: xv, 271 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1596380195
  • 9781596380196
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 285/.1 22
LOC classification:
  • BX 8968.52 .L83 2006
Contents:
Pt. 1: Presbyterian beliefs. God is King : the sovereignty of God -- The priority of amazing grace -- God's story, promise, reign : covenant and kingdom -- What in the world is the church? -- Sacraments : signs and seals of God's grace -- Pt. 2: Presbyterian practices. A heart aflame: Presbyterian and reformed piety -- Gospel-driven Presbyterian worship -- "Decently and in order" : Presbyterian church government -- Pt. 3: Presbyterian stories. The glorious reformation : Calvin, Knox, and the beginnings of Presbyterianism -- Errand into the wilderness : early American Presbyterianism -- The golden age : American Presbyterians in the nineteenth century -- "A true Presbyterian church" : twentieth-century Presbyterianism in the American north -- "A continuing Presbyterian church" : twentieth-century Presbyterianism in the American south.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BX 8968.52 .L83 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA001152 Available AUA001152

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-257) and indexes.

Pt. 1: Presbyterian beliefs. God is King : the sovereignty of God -- The priority of amazing grace -- God's story, promise, reign : covenant and kingdom -- What in the world is the church? -- Sacraments : signs and seals of God's grace -- Pt. 2: Presbyterian practices. A heart aflame: Presbyterian and reformed piety -- Gospel-driven Presbyterian worship -- "Decently and in order" : Presbyterian church government -- Pt. 3: Presbyterian stories. The glorious reformation : Calvin, Knox, and the beginnings of Presbyterianism -- Errand into the wilderness : early American Presbyterianism -- The golden age : American Presbyterians in the nineteenth century -- "A true Presbyterian church" : twentieth-century Presbyterianism in the American north -- "A continuing Presbyterian church" : twentieth-century Presbyterianism in the American south.