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1. Theological Dictionary, Two Volumes in One

Buck wrote A Theological Dictionary in 1802.[1] The first edition appeared in London in 2 vols., to which John Collett Ryland was a major contributor;[2] there were further British and American editions. He was also author of other religious works, and a Collection of Anecdotes, 1799, which went through numerous editions.[3]
Buck's Dictionary was a significant work in antebellum America, running to 50 reprints.[4] It was conservative and evangelical in editorial line, making it a counterbalance to the A View of Religions (1817) of Hannah Adams which was of Unitarian and liberal tendency.[5][6] Adams's British editor, the Calvinist bookseller Thomas Williams, was much influenced by Buck's work in producing his Dictionary of All Religions.[7][8] Adams then adopted some of the ideas she found in Williams.[9] George Bush, who edited an American edition of 1830, stated that

Notices of all or nearly all the existing religious denominations of the United States are given, accompanied with historical sketches and ecclesiastical statistics.[10]

Richard Knight of Tennessee, who became a Baptist preacher, was taught to read by his wife, but "never got further in "book learning" than the Bible and hymn book, and Buck's Theological Dictionary."[11] It was cited as an authority by Finis Ewing;[12] J. L. Wilson, an opponent, attacked its article on ministerial education.[13] The American editions by William Woodward were expanded and revised: Ewing and Richard Donnell had written on the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for the 1814 edition.[14] Woodward had produced an edition by 1807, which was adopted as a textbook.[15]
A British reissue was edited by Ebenezer Henderson. For the 1833 edition, Henderson added 500 articles.[16] He oversaw a further edition, in 1841.[17] There was a German translation, by Joseph Ehrenfried.[18]

'2. Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Charles Buck, Author of the Theological Dictionary . . .

3. Memoir of the Life and Death of Mr. Thomas Atkins (London, 1812)

4. The Young Christian's Guide; Or, Suitable Directions, Cautions, and Encouragement to the Believer on His First Entrance into the Divine Life (London: J. Haddon, 4th edition 1814)

5. The Practical Expositor: Or, Scripture Illustrated by Facts, and Arranged for Every Day in the Year (Philadelphia: W. W. Woodward, 1815)

6. Serious Enquiries: Or, Important Questions Relative to this World and That Which Is to Come; to Which Are Added, Reflections on Mortality Occasioned by the Death of Rev. Thomas Spencer, 2nd edition (London: Dove, 1815)

7. John Styles, ed, Memoirs and remains of the late Rev. Charles Buck . . . (London: Printed for and sold by the widow, 1817)

Book contains "copious Extracts from his Diary: and interesting letters to his friends; interspersed with various observations explanatory and illustrative of his character and works”[19]

8. Works of the Rev Charles Buck, Late Minister of the Gospel, in Six Volumes

9. John Styles, ed, Memoirs and Remains of the Late Rev. Charles Buck . . . (London: Hamilton, Adams & Company, 1825)

10. Missionary Fidelity Enforced and its Reward Exhibited. Being a Charge Delivered...on the 26th, of January 1809 (Mission Press, 1828)

11. Anecdotes, Religious, Moral, and Entertaining: Two Volumes in One (J. C. Riker, 1831)

12. A Treatise on Religious Experience: its Nature, Evidences and Advantages (Board of Publication of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, 1855)

References

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  1. ^ A Theological Dictionary, containing definitions of all theological and ecclesiastical terms; an impartial account of the several denominations that have subsisted in the religious world; remarkable transactions and events in ecclesiastical history, and a biographical sketch of writers in theological science.
  2. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Ryland, John Collett" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference DNB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Maurice S. Lee (19 January 2012). Uncertain Chances: Science, Skepticism, and Belief in Nineteenth-Century American Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-19-979757-8.
  5. ^ J. Spencer Fluhman (2012). A Peculiar People: Anti-Mormonism and the Making of Religion in Nineteenth-Century America. Univ of North Carolina Press. pp. 25–6. ISBN 978-0-8078-3571-5.
  6. ^ Samuel Morris Brown (2 January 2012). In Heaven as It Is on Earth: Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death. Oxford University Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-19-979357-0.
  7. ^ Gary D. Schmidt (2004). A Passionate Usefulness: The Life and Literary Labors of Hannah Adams. University of Virginia Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-8139-2272-0.
  8. ^ A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland: Comprising Literary Memoirs and Anecdotes of Their Lives, and a Chronological Register of Their Publications, with the Number of Editions Printed; Including Notices of Some Foreign Writers Whose Works Have Been Occasionally Published in England. Henry Colburn. 1816. p. 389.
  9. ^ s:A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations/preface
  10. ^ Charles Buck (1830). A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms; a Comprehensive View of Every Article in the System of Divinity; an Impartial Account of All the Principal Denominations ... Together with an Accurate Statement of the Most Remarkable Transactions and Events Recorded in Ecclesiastical History. J. Kay, jun. & Company. p. 4.
  11. ^ James Jehu Burnett (1919). Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers. The Overmountain Press. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-932807-11-3.
  12. ^ Franceway Ranna Cossitt (1853). The life and times of Rev. Finis Ewing: one of the fathers and founders of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. To which is added remarks on Davidson's history, or, A review of his chapters on the revival of 1800, and his history of the Cumberland Presbyterians. With an appendix. L. R. Woods, agent for the Board of publication of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. p. 240.
  13. ^ Benjamin W. McDonnold (26 August 2010). History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Lulu.com. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-557-44021-4.
  14. ^ William Stevens Powell (1 January 1986). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 2, D-G: D-G. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-8078-6701-3.
  15. ^ Jarrett Burch (2003). Adiel Sherwood: Baptist Antebellum Pioneer in Georgia. Mercer University Press. p. 122 note 14. ISBN 978-0-86554-890-9.
  16. ^ Ebenezer Henderson; Elijah Porter Barrows (1868). The Book of the twelve Minor Prophets: translated from the original Hebrew. Warren F. Draper. p. xxi.
  17. ^ Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). "Henderson, Ebenezer (1784-1858)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  18. ^ Alexander Harris (1872). A Biographical History of Lancaster County. E. Barr & Company. p. 187.
  19. ^ The Eclectic Review, Volume 8 (London: Josiah Conder, 1817) 76. Online at https://books.google.com/books?id=YboCa4Kz8ZkC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false.
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