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Predestination--the idea that God foreordains one's eternal destiny--is one of the most fascinating and controversial doctrines in Christianity. In this groundbreaking history, the first of its kind, Peter Thuesen shows that far from being only about the age-old riddle of divine sovereignty versus human free will, the debate over predestination is inseparable from other central Christian beliefs and practices--the efficacy of the sacraments, the existence of purgatory and hell, the extent of God's providential involvement in human affairs--and has fueled theological conflicts across denominations for centuries. Thuesen reexamines not only familiar predestinarians such as the New England Puritans and many later Baptists and Presbyterians, but also non-Calvinists such as Catholics and Lutherans, and shows how even contemporary megachurches preach a "purpose-driven" outlook that owes much to the doctrine of predestination. For anyone wanting a fuller understanding of religion in America, Predestination offers both historical context on a doctrine that reaches back 1,600 years and a fresh perspective on today's denominational landscape.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Christianity

• Full title: Predestination
• Subtitle: The American Career of a Contentious Doctrine
• Author: Peter J. Thuesen
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 328
• EAN: 9780195174274
• ISBN: 0195174275
• ID: 04516367
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Weight: 590 g
• Dimensions: 243 × 163 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. August 2009

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