Princeton Versus the New Divinity
This review examines a Banner of Truth compilation of primary source articles from Princeton Seminary's Biblical Repertory and Theological Review, featuring significant polemics against the New Divinity movement and Charles Grandison Finney's theology of the 1830s. The articles, particularly those by founding professor Archibald Alexander, defend Reformed doctrines of total depravity, original sin, and the inability of the unregenerate to believe, providing firsthand historical and theological arguments against New England revivalism. This resource offers valuable insight into how Princeton theologians engaged and refuted theological errors of their era through rigorous biblical and historical argumentation.
Rev. Angus Stewart (Slightly modified from a review first published in the Protestant Reformed Theological Journal) Princeton Versus the New Divinity Author: Various Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 2001 (Pp. vii + 340) Princeton Versus the New Divinity is a valuable addition to the literature on “Old” Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey, USA. The “Publisher’s Introduction” describes the New Divinity as “a movement in theological thought which had pervasive influence in parts of...