Piety And The Princeton Theologians

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"Scholars of American theology and church history have neglected the Princeton piety," writes Andrew Hoffecker. "Statements have been made to the effect that personal piety was intense among Princeton theologians but that it made little impact upon an otherwise intellectualistic treatment of the Christian faith." Dr. Hoffecker aims to correct that widespread misconception by bringing into sharp focus the vital role devotional experience played in the theology of Alexander, Hodge, and Warfield. He examines the lives and writings of the three in order to show the balance of emphasis each maintained between doctrinal soundness and practical piety, thereby avoiding the extremes of a lifeless orthodoxy, on the one hand, and vacant mysticism, on the other. --