Witherspoon, J.

Japanese: Witherspoon,J.(英語表記)WitherspoonJ
Witherspoon, J.

…[Imai Hiroshi] Today, the most influential church is the Presbyterian Church in America, which arrived with immigrants from Scotland and Northern Ireland during the colonial period. Princeton University was founded by Presbyterians, and its first president, John Witherspoon, was the only pastor to sign the American Declaration of Independence. Since then, Presbyterians have had a long history of ties with politics. For example, TW Wilson, president during World War I, was the son of a Presbyterian pastor, and served as president of Princeton University before becoming governor of New Jersey and entering the White House. …

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…【今井 宏】 今日,最も有力なのはアメリカの長老派教会であり,植民地時代にスコットランドと北アイルランドからの移民とともに渡来した。プリンストン大学は長老派の設立による大学で,その初代学長ウィザースプーンJohn Witherspoonはアメリカ独立宣言に署名した唯一の牧師でもあり,それ以来,長老派の人々と政治との関係は浅くない。たとえば第1次世界大戦当時の大統領T.W.ウィルソンは長老派牧師の息子で,プリンストン大学学長からニュージャージー州知事となりホワイト・ハウスに入っている。…

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