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Gano, John Allen, 1805-1887 (Sc 3096), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2017

Gano, John Allen, 1805-1887 (Sc 3096), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3096. Letters from church leaders in the central Kentucky region to John Allen Gano, a Christian Church minister in Bourbon County, Kentucky. The letters reference the charisma of Gano’s sermons and solicit his visitation to various church meetings and services.


Baker, Samuel, 1812-1888 (Sc 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Mar 2011

Baker, Samuel, 1812-1888 (Sc 195), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 195. Letters and certificates of Samuel Baker, a Baptist minister who came to America from England in 1834, eventually holding pastorates in Kentucky, Tennessee, New York, Indiana, and Illinois . He was instrumental in establishing Bethel College in Russellville, Kentucky, and Bethel Female College in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The materials from the 18th century and early 19th century are facsimiles.


Brown Family Papers (Sc 1925), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives May 2009

Brown Family Papers (Sc 1925), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1925. Correspondence, news clippings, photographs and licenses related to the Brown family of Breckinridge County, Kentucky, particularly Johnie Brown, a World War I casualty, and Henry Brown, a Methodist minister in Kentucky.


On The U.S. Aversion To Ritual Behavior And The Vocation Of The Liturgical Theologian, Martin F. Connell Sep 2004

On The U.S. Aversion To Ritual Behavior And The Vocation Of The Liturgical Theologian, Martin F. Connell

Theology Faculty Publications

This three-part essay reflects on the vocation of liturgical theologians in a culture in which there is a general antipathy toward the influence of religious rituals on personal formation and decision-making.1 Part ι considers a few foundational nineteenth-century authors of the American Renaissance for reflections on the aversion to Christian ritual behavior. Part 2 takes up the sermons of a few nineteenth-century revivalist preachers. Part 3 suggests five challenges to liturgical theologians who teach and think in the complex social and religious environment of the United States.


Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 3, No. 2, Executive Committee Of The Board Of Directors Feb 1887

Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 3, No. 2, Executive Committee Of The Board Of Directors

Ursinus College Bulletin, 1885-1902

A digitized copy of the February 1887 Ursinus College Bulletin.