Background
Hirrel, Leo P. was born on December 31, 1952 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Son of Michael A. and Evelyn L. Hirrel.
(In an exciting reinterpretation of the early nineteenth c...)
In an exciting reinterpretation of the early nineteenth century, Leo Hirrel demonstrates the importance of religious ideas by exploring the relationship between religion and reform efforts during a crucial period in American history. The result is a work that moves the history of antebellum reform to a higher level of sophistication. Hirrel focuses upon New School Congregationalists and Presbyterians who served at the forefront of reform efforts and provided critical leadership to anti-Catholic, temperance, antislavery, and missionary movements. Their religion was an attempt to reconcile traditional Calvinist language with the prevalent intellectual trends of the time. New School theologians preserved Calvinist language about depravity, but they incorporated an assertion of nominal human ability to overcome sin and a belief in the fixed, immutable nature of truth. Describing both the origins of New School Calvinism and the specific reform activities that grew out of these beliefs, Hirrel provides a fresh perspective on the historical background of religious controversies.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813120616/?tag=2022091-20
Hirrel, Leo P. was born on December 31, 1952 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Son of Michael A. and Evelyn L. Hirrel.
Bachelor, Loyola College, Baltimore, 1974. Master of Arts, University Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy in History, University Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1989.
Master of Library Science, Catholic University of America, Washington, 2000.
History consultant, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 1995—1998. Library assistant Catholic University of America, Washington, 1998—1999. History United States Army Center & Military History, 1999—2002, United States Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Virginia, since 2002.
Project director American Religious Experience, Morgantown, West Virginia, since 1998. Lieutenant colonel United States Army Reserve, 1974—2002.
(In an exciting reinterpretation of the early nineteenth c...)
Member of Society History American Republic.