TY - BOOK AU - Phipps,William E. TI - Amazing grace in John Newton: slave-ship captain, hymnwriter, and abolitionist SN - 0865547165 (alk. paper) AV - BX 5199 .N55 P45 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - Macon, Ga. PB - Mercer University Press KW - Newton, John, KW - Church of England KW - England KW - Clergy KW - Biography N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-268) and index; European adventures -- African sojourn -- The prodigal's return -- Slavery in European history -- To Charleston as first mate -- Voyages as captain -- The evangelical Liverpudlian -- The Olney Parson -- Hymnist predecessors -- The ministry of song -- Cowper's collaboration -- The St. Mary Woolnoth rector -- Encounters with abolitionists -- Working with Wilberforce -- Conversion considerations -- The Londoner's wider impact -- The last years ER -