The Presbyterian Magazine (Volume V) 1855

By: Cortlandt Van Rensselaer

Step into the pulpit and the printing press of 1855. Faith, argument, and public life. The Presbyterian Magazine (Volume V), edited by Cortlandt Van Rensselaer, captures a year of lively Presbyterian conversation as it unfolded in real time across sermons, commentary, correspondence, and reports. Part presbyterian periodical anthology, part 19th century Christian magazine, this primary source collection brings together presbyterian theology articles alongside reformed doctrine debates that reveal how ministers and lay readers wrestled with Scripture, society, and the pressures of modernity. You will also find the outward-looking heartbeat of the era in accounts of Protestant church missions, education, and denominational concerns, making it a vivid lens on 1850s American Christianity and the wider currents of antebellum United States religion. For readers returning to calvinist theology classics, it offers a grounded sense of how Reformed ideas were argued, applied, and tested beyond the lecture hall; for church history researchers, it provides contemporaneous detail that later histories often smooth away. It also stands as a rich reformed Christian writings collection for collectors who value the texture of authentic period print culture. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354507115
• ISBN13: 9789354507113
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 588 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"