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# George Marsden

(1939)   Historian

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George Marsden is a historian, best known for *Covenant of Redemption in the Trinitarian Theology of Jonathan Edwards*.

## Quick Facts About George Marsden

Born February 25, 1939

Profession Historian

Notable works Covenant of Redemption in the Trinitarian Theology of Jonathan Edwards

## About George Marsden

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 clergyman Jonathan Edwards, a prominent theologian of Colonial America.

##  Quotes by George Marsden

> [Nonbelievers may hear all the notes of science, but without a theistic context and perspective they will not hear the song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-marsden/nonbelievers-may-hear-all-the-notes-of-science-but-without-a-theistic/)

George Marsden

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> [If you let culture make tolerance the preeminent virtue, pretty soon you won't have anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-marsden/if-you-let-culture-make-tolerance-the-preeminent-virtue-pretty-soon/)

George Marsden

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