The Prism of Time and Eternity ― Images of Christ in American Protestant Thought from Jonathan Edwards to Horace Bushnell

Traces changing conceptions of the person of Christ in American Protestantism from the mid-18th through the mid- 19th century. Focuses on the various ways by which Christology found expression in the works of Jonathan Edwards, major figures of the New Divinity, William Ellery Channing, selected Unitarian leaders, Moses Stuart, Leonard Woods, Charles Hodge, John W. Nevin, and Horace Bushnell. Emphasizes the conflict of Christologies and the variety of images of Christ that characterize this period. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Bruce M. Stephens is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University, Delaware County Campus.