Timothy L. Smith (1924–1997)

Author of Revivalism and Social Reform: American Protestantism on the Eve of the Civil War

About the Author

Timothy L. Smith is a tutor at Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California, and a former post-doctoral fellow and instructor at The University of Notre Dame.

Includes the names: Timothy L. Ed. Smith, Timothy Lawrence Smith

Works by Timothy L. Smith

CALLED UNTO HOLINESS: Volume One - The Story of the Nazarenes: The Formative Years (1962) 97 copies, 1 review

Togus, Down in Maine: The First National Veterans Home (1998) 15 copies

Thomas Aquinas' Trinitarian Theology: A Study in Theological Method (2002) 13 copies

Faith and reason : the Notre Dame symposium 1999 (2001) 11 copies

PAMPHLETS: Speaking the Truth in Love: Some Honest Questions for Pentecostals (1977) 3 copies

Indiana Historical Society Lectures 1976-1977: The History of Education in the Middle West, c.1 (1978) 2 copies

Nazarenes and the Wesleyan mission: Can we learn from our history? (1979) 2 copies

LECTURES, 1976-1977, THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN THE MIDDLE WEST 2 copies

La historia de los nazarenos 1 copy

Revivalism and Social Reform in Mid‑Nineteenth‑Century America 1 copy

Uncommon Schools: Christian Colleges and Social Idealism in Midwestern America, 1820-1950 1 copy

Slavery and Theology: The Emergence of Black Christian Consciousness in Nineteenth-Century America 1 copy

Afterword. History, Social Theory, And The Vision Of The American Religious Past, 1955-1980. In: Revivalism And Social Reform 1 copy

Confrontation at Harpur {article} 1 copy

Revivalism & Social Reform, American Protestantism on the Eve of the Civil War, Harper Torchbooks, The Academy Library/TB 1229 L (1965) 1 copy

Aquinas's Sources: Notre Dame Symposium (2004) 1 copy

Called Unto Holiness V1: The Story Of The Nazarenes, The Formative Years (2011) 1 copy

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Encyclopedia of Mormonism (1992) — Contributor — 58 copies

Making Higher Education Christian: The History and Mission of Evangelical Colleges in America (1987) — Contributor — 24 copies

The Mormon History Association's Tanner Lectures: The First Twenty Years (2006) — Contributor — 9 copies

To All the World: The Book of Mormon Articles from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism (2000) — Contributor — 6 copies

Journal of Mormon History - Volume 7 (1980) (1980) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1924
Date of death: 1997-01-20
Gender: male
Education: Harvard University (PhD|History)
Occupations: historian
writer
author
pastor
professor (history)
Organizations: Church of the Nazarene
Johns Hopkins University
Eastern Nazarene College
East Texas State College
Awards and honors: Brewer Prize from the American Society of Church History
Short biography: Dr. Timothy L. Smith was the first widely recognized historian who was a member of the Church of the Nazarene. He pastored several churches before his teaching career.

He earned his PhD from Harvard University under the tutelage of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. He taught history at Eastern Nazarene College, East Texas State College, and Johns Hopkins University.

He published numerous articles and two major books on history. His dissertation at Harvard was formed into Revivalism and Social Reform. Later he published an account of the first 25 years of the Church of the Nazarene entitled Called Unto Holiness.
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Commerce, Texas, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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Revivalism and social reform : American Protestantism on the eve of the Civil War by Timothy L. Smith

This book should be read by anyone who is trying to understand 19th century America. It will be of special interest to students of church history, intellectual history and social reform.

Jan 25, 20241 other review

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Revivalism and Social Reform: American Protestantism on the Eve of the Civil War by Timothy L. Smith

This is better than Smith's Called Unto Holiness. Smith just was not a great writer. His style is very dry.

If you can plow through the book, it offers fantastic insight into the Protestant church of the mid 19th century. It is a look at what the laymen were reading and where they were headed. It does not focus on the clergy, except from the standpoint of their interaction with the laity.

Smith explores the complex role of the church in debate over slavery from the militant abolitionists of show more the far North to the accommodationists of the South to the fence straddlers of the middle states.

Smith contends that the Wesleyan revivals of the middle 19th century manifested in "perfectionism" and growing Arminian theology led to social reforms in everything from prohibition to slavery to women's rights to child labor, etc.

Very informative, if you can plow through. Don't read it when you are tired. show less

Jul 11, 20081 other review

w_bishop 173 reviews

Called Unto Holiness: Volume 1 The Story of the Nazarenes: The Formative Years by Timothy L. Smith

A brutally dull list of names, dates and places. I would never have finished the book if I had not been forced to read it. This is a great cure for insomnia.

Nov 3, 2007