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"Charles Hodge: The Pride of Princeton" by Andrew Hoffecker. A Review

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Charles Hodge: The Pride of Princeton W. Andrew Hoffecker P&R Publishers www.prpbooks.com ISBN: 978-0875526584; November 2011; $19.99 5 of 5 Stars A dear Methodist minister friend bought me a copy and sent it to me out of the blue. He knew I like all things theological and Presbyterian, and Charles Hodge fits right into that nook. What my friend didn’t know is that this volume was written by an enjoyable Church History professor I had in seminary. So, my pleasure in receiving the tome was expanded exponentially! “Charles Hodge: The Pride of Princeton” is a 464-page paperback, and the fifth volume in the American Reformed Biography series by P&R Publishing. W. Andrew Hoffecker is emeritus professor of church history at Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi, and author of two books on worldview, as well as “ Piety and the Princeton Theologians .” Hoffecker desires to show “that Charles Hodge manifested the attributes associated with Calvinistic co...