Previous research on Robert Lewis Dabney (1820-1898) has focused on his role as an apologist of the Old South. Dabney, professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, was certainly an unreconstructed Southerner. But his influence on American culture extends beyond the confines of Southern life and thought. This dissertation attempts to focus on Dabney's contribution to a larger theme in the American theological tradition. The thesis of this dissertation is that Dabney was a source of fundamentalist thought in the American theological tradition. The following questions are discussed in this dissertation: (1) What were Dabney's views on Scripture, the atonement, modern science, secular education, and millennialism? All of these topics were a concern for fundamentalists. (2) What were the relationship and parallels between Dabney and the Princeton theologians on the above mentioned topics? This question is important because the Princetonians are recognized as a source of fundamentalist thought in America. (3) What were the direct influences and parallels between Dabney and fundamentalism in the southern Presbyterian church? I will pay particular attention to Thomas Cary Johnson (1859-1936), an acknowledged fundamentalist and a professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia from 1913 until 1930. This study focuses on the development of conservative Christian thought in American religion and is, therefore, a study in the "history of ideas". / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-11, Section: A, page: 3966. / Major Professor: Leo Sandon. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76545 |
| Contributors | Robbins, Jerry Robert., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 313 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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