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George Mish Marsden

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George M. Marsden

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1939-02-25 （Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Christianity
居住地歴
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. → New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. → Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. → Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.

経歴

職業
Historian, Professor, Author
活動期間
1965年〜2008年
所属
Calvin College, Duke University (Divinity School), University of Notre Dame
影響を受けた人物
Sydney E. Ahlstrom, Jonathan Edwards (as subject of study)
影響を与えた人物
Diana Butler Bass, Matthew Grow, Thomas S. Kidd, Steven Nolt, Rick Ostrander

学歴

Haverford College
国: United States
Westminster Theological Seminary
国: United States
Yale University
History
学位: Ph.D.
卒業年: 1966
国: United States
PhD thesis: The New School Presbyterian Mind

受賞歴

Bancroft Prize
2004
対象作品: Jonathan Edwards: A Life
主催: Columbia University (Bancroft Prize)
結果: Winner
Merle Curti Award
2004
対象作品: Jonathan Edwards: A Life
部門: Intellectual History
主催: Organization of American Historians
結果: Winner
Grawemeyer Award (Religion)
2005
対象作品: Jonathan Edwards: A Life
部門: Religion
主催: University of Louisville (Grawemeyer Awards)
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Evangelical Mind and the New School Presbyterian Experience

1970年 Religious history / Intellectual history

A study of mid-19th-century New School Presbyterian theology and intellectual currents, analyzing formation of American evangelical thought.

American religious historyPresbyterianismIntellectual movements

Fundamentalism and American Culture: The Shaping of Twentieth-Century Evangelicalism, 1870–1925

1980年 Cultural history / Religious history

Examines American religious movements from the late 19th to early 20th centuries, focusing on fundamentalism and its cultural impact.

FundamentalismCulture and religionConflicts of modernization

Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism

1991年 Religious history / Introduction

A concise work distinguishing and relating fundamentalism and evangelicalism and situating them in contemporary context.

Classification of religious thoughtContemporary American religion

The Soul of the American University: From Protestant Establishment to Established Nonbelief

1994年 History of education / Religious history

Traces history of religion and secularization in American higher education, discussing shifts in Protestant influence on universities.

History of higher educationSecularizationProtestant influence

Jonathan Edwards: A Life

2003年 Biography / Religious history

A comprehensive biography of New England preacher Jonathan Edwards, detailing his theology and role in 18th-century colonial America.

Biographical studyNew England religionHistory of theology

The Twilight of the American Enlightenment: The 1950s and the Crisis of Liberal Belief

2014年 Intellectual history / Cultural history

Analyzes the crisis of liberal belief and shifts in intellectual currents in 1950s America.

1950sIntellectual crisisReligion and secular thought

C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity: A Biography

2016年 Biography / Literary study

Tracks the origins and influence of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity, discussing its background and reception.

Literature and religionBiographical studyReception of ideas

全著作

  • Evangelical Mind and the New School Presbyterian Experience (1970)
  • Fundamentalism and American Culture (1980)
  • Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism (1991)
  • The Soul of the American University (1994)
  • Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism (1995)
  • The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship (1997)
  • Jonathan Edwards: A Life (2003)
  • A Short Life of Jonathan Edwards (2008)
  • The Twilight of the American Enlightenment (2014)
  • C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity: A Biography (2016)

作風・主題

文体
Scholarly and heavily annotatedRelatively accessible explanations linking religious and intellectual history
頻出モチーフ
Formation of evangelical movementsRelationship between universities and religionReligious influence on individuals and institutions

評価・遺産

A leading scholar in American religious history—especially evangelicalism and the history of higher education—Marsden's biography of Jonathan Edwards won major awards and is considered definitive by many. Through research and teaching he trained numerous doctoral students and significantly advanced the field.

関連学会

  • Organization of American Historians

豆知識

  • Won the Bancroft Prize and the Merle Curti Award in 2004 for Jonathan Edwards: A Life.
  • Won the Grawemeyer Award in Religion in 2005.
  • A Festschrift in his honor was published in 2014.
  • Married Lucie Commeret in 1969.