PITTS THEOLOGY LIBRARY 
ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS DEPARTMENT

HOLIFIELD, E. BROOKS, Collection, 1969-2008

MSS 349

Extent: 4.16 cubic feet (4 records boxes)

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Citation: [Title or Description of Item], E. Brooks Holifield Collection, MSS 349, Archives and Manuscripts Department, Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.

Biographical Sketch

E. Brooks Holifield, a Ph.D. graduate of Yale University, served as the Charles Howard Candler of American Church History in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Holifield authored The Covenant Sealed: The Development of Puritan Sacramental Theology in Old and New England, 1570-1720 (Yale, 1974), The Gentlemen Theologians: American Theology and Southern Culture, 1795-1860 (Duke, 1978), A History of Pastoral Care in America: From Salvation to Self-Realization, 1570-1970 (Abingdon, 1983), Health and Medicine in the Methodist Tradition (Crossroad, 1986), and Era of Persuasion: American Thought and Culture 1521-1680 (Twayne, 1989). He has also published numerous articles and book reviews and served as a member of the editorial board of Religion and American Culture. Holifield also served the National Endowment for the Humanities as a three-time research fellow and also served as a member of the advisory committee for the Material History of American Religion Project.

Inventory

Series: Lectures

Lecture Notes, 1976-2008, Box 1

Recording of Lecture on Enlightenment, VHS tape, undated, Box 4

Series: Course Work

Syllabi, 1969-2003, Box 3

Student Descriptions of Historiography Seminar, 1975, Box 3

Recordings of Introduction to History of Christian Thought Courses, 2004, Box 4

Series: Correspondence

General Letters and Reviews for Publishers, 1962-1993, Box 2

General Letters and Reviews for Publishers, 1982-1989, Box 3

Letters from Students, undated, Box 3

Correspondence with Graduate Students, undated, Box 3

Yale Divinity School Review, 1995, Box 3

Series: Research

Data on Ministerial Wealth, Demographic Data on American Clergy, undated, Box 3