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Rudolph, Lavere Christian was born on December 24, 1921 in Jasper, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph Frank and Rose (Stradtner) Rudolph.
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Francis Asbury, August 20, 1745 - March 31, 1816, was one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. As a young man in October 1771, the Englishman traveled to America and, during his 45 years there, he devoted his life to ministry, traveling on horseback and by carriage thousands of miles to those living on the frontier. Asbury spread Methodism in America, as part of the Second Great Awakening. He also founded several schools during his lifetime, although his own formal education was limited. His journal is valuable to scholars for its account of frontier society.
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"Hoosier Faiths" surveys the history of more than fifty denominations and religious groups in Indiana from pioneer days to the present. In addition to profiles of internationally known religious centers, such as Notre Dame and Saint Meinrad, and mainline congregations of Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, Lutherans, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians, among others, "Hoosier Faiths" includes sections on Jews, Muslims, Shakers, Rappites, Mennonites, Pentecostals, Mormons, Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Christian Scientists, who contributed significantly to Indiana's diverse and flourishing religious heritage. L. C. Rudolph describes the founding and development of each religious group, highlights major personalities and issues, and summarizes the group's present status. An appendix of statistics on church membership and Kim Charles Ferrill's thirty-two handsome photographs of religious institutions around the state further enhance this major reference work.
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The early settlers of Indiana, mostly from the back-country South, regarded the first Presbyterians missionaries in the state as outlanders and agents of eastern culture. Suffering under this handicap as well as from bitter strife within the denomination, the ministers showed remarkable zeal in working toward their goal of upgrading the settler's material life, improving morals, and establishing responsible community leadership. Their most notable contribution during this period was the maintenance of a highly developed Christian theology in the midst of a folk Christianity and faced with the fierce independence of the Indiana woodsmen. Mr. Rudolph, exploring the many facets of the Presbyterian story in Indiana, deal s in detail with the life and character of both the settlers and the missionaries, and with the schism that divided the Church from 1830 to 1870, concluding with a comprehensive discussion of early Presbyterian standards, doctrines, and educational teachings. L. C. Rudolph was the professor of church history at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
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Rudolph, Lavere Christian was born on December 24, 1921 in Jasper, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph Frank and Rose (Stradtner) Rudolph.
Bachelor of Arts, DePauw University, 1948; Bachelor of Divinity, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale, 1958; student, University Zurich, Switzerland, 1960; Master of Library Science, Indiana U., 1968.
Ordained to Ministry, Presbyterian Church, 1950; pastor in, Indiana and Connecticut, 1950-1954; member of faculty, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, 1954-1969; professor church history, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, 1960-1969; lecturer history, U. Louisville, 1965-1969; rare books bibliographer, Van Pelt Library University of Pennsylvania head technical services, Lilly Library, Indiana U., 1970-1978; curator of books, Lilly Library, Indiana U., 1978-1986; librarian emeritus, Lilly Library, Indiana U., since 1987.
(The early settlers of Indiana, mostly from the back-count...)
(Francis Asbury, August 20, 1745 - March 31, 1816, was one...)
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("Hoosier Faiths" surveys the history of more than fifty d...)
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Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1940-1946. Member American Society Church History, American Library Association, Association College and Research Libraries, Presbyterian History Society, Phi Beta Kappa.