The expansion of evangelicalism : the age of Wilberforce, More, Chalmers and Finney / John Wolffe.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2007.Description: 280 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780830825820 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0830825827 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Expansion of evangelicalism.LOC classification:
  • BR 1642.G7 W65 2007
Contents:
Landscapes and personalities -- Revivals and revivalism, 1790-1820 -- "New measures" revivals, 1820-1850 -- Spirituality and worship -- Women, men and the family -- Transforming society -- Politics : freeing slaves, saving nations -- Diversity and unity in the expansion of evangelicalism.
Summary: In The Expansion of Evangelicalism, John Wolffe provides an authoritative account of evangelicalism from the 1790s to the 1840s. Making extensive use of primary sources, Wolffe balances British and American developments, and also discusses Canada, Australia, the West Indies and other regions. He covers aspects of the movement such as spirituality and worship; the place of evangelicalism in the lives of women, men and the family; and its broader social and political effects--giving particular attention to the question of slavery.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [248]-272) and index.

Landscapes and personalities -- Revivals and revivalism, 1790-1820 -- "New measures" revivals, 1820-1850 -- Spirituality and worship -- Women, men and the family -- Transforming society -- Politics : freeing slaves, saving nations -- Diversity and unity in the expansion of evangelicalism.

In The Expansion of Evangelicalism, John Wolffe provides an authoritative account of evangelicalism from the 1790s to the 1840s. Making extensive use of primary sources, Wolffe balances British and American developments, and also discusses Canada, Australia, the West Indies and other regions. He covers aspects of the movement such as spirituality and worship; the place of evangelicalism in the lives of women, men and the family; and its broader social and political effects--giving particular attention to the question of slavery.

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