Papers from Hillsdale College
REL 319 -- Eighteenth Century Theology:
Jonathan Edwards and American Puritanism
Timothy Dwight: An Annotated Bibliography
by Shannon Green and Hilary Kirk
Noll, Mark A. A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1992.
Noll provides a reference/text book of American Religion. It was useful for reference to understand the views of Jonathan Edwards, Jr. the teacher of Timothy Dwight.
Silverman, Kenneth. Timothy Dwight. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1969.
Silverman gives a detailed description of Dwight's life, focusing on critiquing Dwight's writings, rather than emphasizing his teaching and preaching influence.
Wenzke, Annabelle S. Timothy Dwight (1752-1817). Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1989.
Wenzke's book was helpful in understanding Dwight's influence on America through his teaching and theology.
Willson, John. We the People - Essays on the Major Documents of the American Founding: Number Four, Timothy Dwight's Greenfield Hill. Hillsdale, MI: Hillsdale College Press, 1995.
Willson gave a helpful, quick biography of Dwight and encouraged an understanding some of his patriotic writing.
Willson, John. Lecture. History of American Religion. Hillsdale College. 18-25 Oct. 1995.
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