Before the Bushes or Clintons, before the Kennedy or Kardashians, there were the Beechers—a sprawling family of preachers, suffragists, abolitionists, and moral crusaders that defined (and exemplified) America as much as any single family in the nineteenth century. Join Kevin as he interviews Obbie Tyler Todd, a pastor and professor, about his new biography of the Beechers (LSU Press). From patriarch, Lyman Beecher, to the famous novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe, to the most famous pastor of his age, Henry Ward Beecher, this episode explores the crazy and controversial life of Lyman Beecher, his three wives (not at the same time), and their thirteen children. Chapters: 0:00 Sponsors 2:00 Introductions 5:37 The Beecher Family and Moral Influence 10:45 Three Themes of the Beecher Family 21:36 Beecherism and Controversy 28:07 The Fate of the Nation and Presbyterianism 36:49 Other Beeches 50:38 Harriet Beecher Stowe 54:43 Henry Ward Beecher 1:09:11 The Beecher Legacy Books & Everything: Be Thou My Vision: A Liturgy for Daily Worship The Supremacy of God in Preaching GPTS Midweeker Master of Arts in Theological Studies The Beechers: America's Most Influential Family
