Abstract

AbstractThe Trinity was a fundamental yet fluid doctrine in the new republic. Three primary movements contributed to the decline of psychological trinitarianism in America: (1) the rise of Unitarianism, (2) the dominance of Scottish Common Sense Realism, (3) and a new‐found resistance to the doctrine of self‐love. These theological, philosophical and moral factors profoundly shaped the way Americans viewed the tri‐unity of God in their post‐Puritan world, explaining why so many theologians departed from the traditional understanding of the Trinity in the Western church.

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