Leonard Woods

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Leonard Woods was a prominent early 19th-century American Congregational theologian and professor at Andover Theological Seminary, known for shaping and defending the conservative Calvinist tradition in New England.

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instanceOf American theologian
Congregational minister
person
alternateName Leonard Woods Sr. NERFINISHED
birthDate 1774-06-19
birthPlace Princeton, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
child Leonard Woods Jr. NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1854-08-24
deathPlace Andover, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
denomination Congregational church
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College
employer Andover Theological Seminary NERFINISHED
endTime 1846
era 19th-century theology
familyName Woods NERFINISHED
genre theological literature
givenName Leonard NERFINISHED
influenced American evangelical Calvinism
New England Congregationalism NERFINISHED
influencedBy Jonathan Edwards NERFINISHED
Samuel Hopkins NERFINISHED
knownFor defending conservative Calvinist theology in New England
opposition to Unitarianism
shaping early 19th-century American Congregational theology
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions NERFINISHED
movement Calvinism NERFINISHED
New England theology NERFINISHED
notableStudent Edwards Amasa Park NERFINISHED
notableWork History of the Andover Theological Seminary NERFINISHED
Lectures on Theology NERFINISHED
Letters to Unitarians NERFINISHED
occupation clergyman
professor
theologian
participatedIn Andover controversy over liberal theology NERFINISHED
placeOfBurial Chapel Cemetery, Andover Theological Seminary NERFINISHED
positionHeld Professor of Christian Theology at Andover Theological Seminary
religion Congregationalism
spouse Abigail Wheeler NERFINISHED
startTime 1808
theologicalTradition Reformed theology NERFINISHED
workLocation Andover, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED

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