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# George M. Marsden

(1939)   Historian

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George M. Marsden is a historian.

## Quick Facts About George M. Marsden

Born February 25, 1939

Profession Historian

## About George M. Marsden

American historian... \| George Mish Marsden is an American historian who has written extensively on the interaction between Christianity and American culture, particularly on Christianity in American higher education and on American evangelicalism. He is best known for his award-winning biography of the New England clergym

##  Quotes by George M. Marsden

> [“Regeneration, in other words, changed the whole person by changing the love at the heart of the person's being.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-marsden/regeneration-in-other-words-changed-the-whole-person-by-changing-the/)

[George M. Marsden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-marsden/)

[Changed person](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/changed-person/)

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> [“Having once thought that most of his parishioners shared the life-changing encounter with blazing beauty, it was all the harder for him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-marsden/having-once-thought-that-most-of-his-parishioners-shared-the-life/)

[George M. Marsden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-marsden/)

[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c00/george-m-marsden-66571_beauty_having-once-thought-that-most-of-his-par_1165530.jpg)

> [“True saints," Edwards observed with typical God-centeredness, are "inexpressibly pleased and delighted with ... the things of God." Hypocrites, by contrast, revel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-marsden/true-saints-edwards-observed-with-typical-god-centeredness-are/)

[George M. Marsden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-marsden/)

[First place](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-place/)

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> [“Edwards followed what he believed the proper procedure whenever contemplating a move: he agreed to convene an ad hoc council of clergy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-marsden/edwards-followed-what-he-believed-the-proper-procedure-whenever/)

[George M. Marsden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-marsden/)

[Edwards Followed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/edwards-followed-3191112/)

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