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Nevin, John Williamson
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(Feb 20, 1803, Franklin County, PA – Jun 6, 1886, Lancaster, PA), chief creator of the Mercersburg theology, an incarnational, churchly and sacramental perspective that ran counter to the evangelical mainstream (Evangelicalism: I) in mid-19th-century America. Nevin was born into a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian family and educated at Union College (NY) and Princeton Theological Seminary (NJ). He taught at Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny City, PA (1830–1840), and at the German Reformed Seminary, Mercersburg, …

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Payne, John B., “Nevin, John Williamson”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_024081>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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