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