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Lyman Beecher (October 12, 1775 – January 10, 1863) was a Presbyterian minister, and the father of 13 children, many of whom became writers or ministers, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward Beecher, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Catharine Beecher, and Thomas K. Beecher.
Lyman Beecher (born October 12, 1775, New Haven, Connecticut—died January 10, 1863, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) was a U.S. Presbyterian clergyman in the revivalist tradition and an important figure in the Second Great Awakening.
26 de jul. de 2020 · Lyman Beecher was one of the most influential Protestant preachers of the 19th century, as well as father to some of the nation's greatest preachers, writers, and social activists.
11 de oct. de 2010 · A Presbyterian minister, leading revivalist and social reformer, Lyman Beecher helped build the organizations that became known as the "benevolent empire" and gave religion in America its ...
11 de may. de 2018 · A Presbyterian clergyman, Lyman Beecher (1775-1863) was one of the outstanding American preachers and revivalists before the Civil War. He achieved national fame as reformer, educator, and central figure in theological controversies.
Through a frenetic career of teaching, preaching, and organizing, Beecher maintained a very consistent worldview. Understanding that worldview sheds light on both his teaching and his social activism. It also reveals the fabric of an intellectual framework that, although foreign to modern thinkers, was popular during Beecher’s time.
8 de ago. de 2008 · Champion of free-will. In 1832 Beecher began concurrent terms as pastor of Second Presbyterian Church and Lane Seminary, both in Cincinnati, Ohio. As the abolitionist movement heated up...
8 de jun. de 2023 · Lyman Beecher Lectures. One of the most distinguished lecture series on preaching in the world, the Lyman Beecher Lectureship was founded in 1871 by a gift from Henry W. Sage of Brooklyn, N.Y., as a memorial to "the great divine whose name it bears," to sponsor an annual series of lectures on a topic appropriate to the work of the ...
15 de sept. de 2009 · 1. Lectures on political atheism and kindred subjects; together with six lectures on intemperance.--v. 2. Sermons, delivered on various occasions.--v. 3. Views of theology; as developed in three sermons, and on his trials before the Presbytery and Synod of Cincinnati, June, 1835. With remarks on the Princeton review.
Lyman Beecher (1775–1863) was a prominent Presbyterian minister and seminary leader. Although the father of Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Beecher opposed abolitionism and refused to teach African-American students. Beecher’s reform causes were evangelicalism, temperance, and nativism.
