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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Leonard Woods canonical 1
Leonard Woods Jr. 1
Leonard Woods Sr. 1

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

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New England theology hasKeyFigure Leonard Woods
Leonard Woods child Leonard Woods Jr.
linked to: Leonard Woods
Leonard Woods alternateName Leonard Woods Sr.
linked to: Leonard Woods