Princeton Theology

(noun)

The Princeton theology is a tradition of conservative, Christian, Reformed and Presbyterian theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, in Princeton, New Jersey.

Related Terms

  • dispensationalism
  • The Fundamentals

Examples of Princeton Theology in the following topics:

  • Christian Fundamentalism

    • Fundamentalism has roots in British and American theology of the 19th century.
    • A second school of thought developed in the mid-19th century from Princeton Theology, a conservative, reformed and Presbyterian strain of Protestantism taught at the Princeton Theological Seminary.
    • Princeton Theology provided the doctrine of inerrancy in response to higher criticism of the Bible.
    • By the late 1920s the first two schools of thought – Dispensationalism and Princeton Theology – had become central to Fundamentalism.
    • Princeton Theological Seminary in the 1800s, where a school of thought called Princeton Theology developed that would be extremely influential in Fundamentalist belief.
  • Quebec, New York, and New Jersey

    • He then stationed a garrison of 1,200 at Princeton and attacked Washington and his men on January 2, but was repulsed three times before darkness set.
    • That night, Washington stealthily moved his troops again, intending to attack the garrison Cornwallis left at Princeton.
    • General George Washington rallying his troops at the Battle of Princeton, by William Ranney, 1848
  • Washington's Escape from New York

    • Leaving a garrison of 1,200 at Princeton, Cornwallis then attacked Washington's position on January 2, and was repulsed three times before darkness set.
    • During the night, Washington once again stealthily moved his army, going around Cornwallis with the intention of attacking the Princeton garrison.
    • Washington sent troops and reinforcement to Princeton, successfully driving the British from the city.
    • With the bold strokes of Trenton and Princeton, he had regained initiative and boosted morale.
  • The Forage War

    • The Forage War was a partisan campaign consisting of numerous small skirmishes that took place in New Jersey in early 1777, following the battles of Trenton and Princeton.
  • Spectator Sports

    • ., when clubs from Princeton and Rutgers played under rules modified from those of Association Football.
    • The first intercollegiate football game between teams from Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) took place on November 6, 1869, at College Field, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on what is now the site of Rutgers' College Avenue Gymnasium.
  • The Great Awakening

  • Innovation and Limitation

    • These indigenous civilizations are credited with many inventions in: building pyramid-temples [], mathematics, astronomy, medicine, writing, highly accurate calendars, fine arts, intensive agriculture, engineering, an abacus calculator, and complex theology.
    • These cities grew as centers of commerce, ideas, ceremonies, and theology, and they radiated influence outwards onto neighboring cultures in central Mexico.
  • Progressivism and Religion

    • It gathered strength from the post-millennial theology that the Second Coming of Christ would come after mankind had reformed the entire earth.
    • Although its theology was based on ideals expressed during the Second Great Awakening, its focus on poverty was of the Third.
  • Unitarianism and Universalism

    • Unitarian Henry Ware was appointed as the Hollis professor of divinity at Harvard College in 1805, and Harvard Divinity school then shifted from its conservative roots to teach Unitarian theology.
    • At first mystical rather than rationalist in his theology, he took part with the "Catholic Christians," as they called themselves, who aimed at bringing Christianity into harmony with the progressive spirit of the time.
  • Woodrow Wilson and Race

    • While President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, Wilson discouraged black people from applying for admission, preferring to keep the peace among white students rather than face an outcry if black students were admitted.
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