A Brief History of the Presbyterins

From: Interpretation | Date: April 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

A Brief History of the Presbyterians, by James H. Smylie. Geneva Press, Louisville, 1996. 160 pp. $11.00 (paper). ISBN 0-664-50001-3.

LEFFERTS LOETSCHER FIRST PUBLISHED A Brief History of the Presbyterians in 1938. Through three subsequent editions (one of them edited by George L. Hunt after Loetscher's death), the book enjoyed a long and useful life. Yet there comes a time when a book is no longer well served by piecemeal emendations. Given the numerous advances in the study of American religious history in the sixty years since Loetscher's first edition, that time had clearly come for A ...

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