Early Evangelicalism

A Reader
Herausgeber: Yeager, Jonathan M.

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Produktbeschreibung

Early Evangelicalism: A Reader is an anthology that offers over sixty biographical introductions and excerpts from a host of well-known and lesser-known eighteenth-century Protestant writers, representing a variety of denominations, geographical locations, and underrepresented groups.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9780199916979
• ISBN-10: 0199916977
• Artikelnr.: 39339032

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Yeager is Maclellan Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he teaches courses in religious history and thought. He is the author of Enlightened Evangelicalism: The Life and Thought of John Erskine (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

* Contents
* Acknowledgments
* 1. A Selection of Hymns by Isaac Watts
* 2. Biography of a Moravian: A. G. Spangenberg's The Life of Nicolas
Lewis, Count of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf
* 3. Justice for the Punishment of Sin: Jonathan Dickinson's The
Reasonableness of Christianity
* 4. George Whitefield's Signature Sermon: The Nature and Necessity of
Our New Birth in Christ Jesus
* 5. Calvinism under Fire: John Wesley's Free Grace
* 6. The Conversion of a Welshman: A Brief Account of the Life of
Howell Harris
* 7. A Selection of Hymns by Charles Wesley
* 8. A Divisive Great Awakening Sermon: Gilbert Tennent's The Danger of
an Unconverted Ministry
* 9. Revivals as a Means of Reform: Samuel Finley's Christ Triumphing
and Satan Raging
* 10. Diary of Doubts: The Diary of Hannah Heaton
* 11. Racing to Hear Whitefield Preach: "The Spiritual Travels of
Nathan Cole "
* 12. Revival at Cambuslang, Scotland: William McCulloch's The
Glasgow-Weekly History
* 13. Overcome by the Power of the Spirit: Sarah Pierpont Edwards's
"Uncommon Discoveries of the Divine Perfections and Glory "
* 14. Revival at Kilsyth, Scotland: James Robe's A Faithful Narrative
of the Extraordinary Work of the Spirit of God, at Kilsyth
* 15. Jonathan Edwards Assesses a Revival: Thomas Prince's Christian
History
* 16. Piety over Worldly Pleasures: The Life and Character of Miss
Susanna Anthony
* 17. Satan's Strategies of Deception: Thomas Gillespie's A Treatise on
Temptation
* 18. Spiritual Devotions for the Soul: Philip Doddridge's The Rise and
Progress of Religion in the Soul
* 19. A Conversion Story: The Life of J. Cennick
* 20. A Missionary among Native Americans: David Brainerd's Mirabilia
Dei inter Indicos
* 21. A Selection of Hymns by Benjamin Ingham
* 22. Summarizing God's Law: Joseph Bellamy's True Religion Delineated
* 23. Revival in the Low Countries: Hugh Kennedy's A Short Account of
the Rise and Continuing Progress of a Remarkable Work of Grace in the
United Netherlands
* 24. Satirical Revenge: John Witherspoon's Ecclesiastical
Characteristics
* 25. Natural vs. Moral Necessity in the Will: Jonathan Edwards's
Freedom of the Will
* 26. Open Letter to Commit Oneself to God: Sarah Prince Gill's "To All
My Young Acquaintance, into Whose Hands These Lines May Come "
* 27. The Humiliation and Exaltation of the Cross: John Maclaurin's
"Glorying in the Cross of Christ "
* 28. Determining Divine Grace: Sarah Osborn's The Nature, Certainty
and Evidence of True Christianity
* 29. Eloquent Calvinism: James Hervey's Theron and Aspasio
* 30. Life as the Wife of a College President: The Journal of Esther
Edwards Burr
* 31. Report on African American Religion in Virginia: Letters from the
Rev. Samuel Davies
* 32. Praising the Ineffable: Anne Steele's Poems on Subjects Chiefly
Devotional
* 33. Before Dartmouth College: Eleazar Wheelock's A Plain and Faithful
Narrative... of the Indian Charity-School at Lebanon, in Connecticut
* 34. The Difference between True and False Religion: Henry Venn's The
Complete Duty of Man
* 35. Salvation at Sea: John Newton's Authentic Narrative
* 36. An Anglican Minister Describes Faith: William Romaine's The Life
of Faith
* 37. Faith Restricted to the Mind: John Erskine's Dissertation on the
Nature of Christian Faith
* 38. Advice to Women on Chastity, Poverty, and Obedience: Mary
Fletcher's Jesus, Altogether Lovely
* 39. Defending the Doctrine of Christian Perfection: John William
Fletcher's First Check to Antinomianism
* 40. A Selection of Hymns by William Williams
* 41. Advice on Alcohol: Samson Occom's Sermon, Preached at the
Execution of Moses Paul
* 42. An Argument for the Separation of Church and State: Isaac
Backus's Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty
* 43. A Selection of Poems by Phillis Wheatley
* 44. Practical Disinterested Benevolence: Samuel Hopkins's Dialogue,
Concerning the Slavery of the Africans
* 45. Amazing Grace (How Sweet the Sound): John Newton's "Faith's
Review and Expectation "
* 46. A Baptist's Beliefs: "A Confession of Faith delivered by John
Ryland Junior of Northampton at his Ordination to the Pastoral Care
of the Church in College Lane "
* 47. A Gospel Call to Sinners: Henry Alline's Sermon Preached on the
19th of Feb. 1783. At Fort-Midway
* 48. The Duty to Respond to the Gospel Message: Andrew Fuller's The
Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation
* 49. The Ideal Student: Charles Nisbet's Address to the Students of
Dickinson College
* 50. The Unlawfulness of Enslaving Humans: Thomas Clarkson's Essay on
the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species
* 51. An Appeal to the Higher Ranks of Society to Lead by Example:
Hannah More's Thoughts on the Importance of the manners of the Great
to General Society
* 52. Salvation Comes to a Sailor: The Interesting narrative of the
Life of Olaudah Equiano
* 53. Journal of an American Methodist: An Extract of the Journal of
Francis Asbury... 1771 to... 1778
* 54. Guidelines for American Methodists: Francis Asbury's and Thomas
Coke's Doctrines and Disciplines of the Methodist Episcopal Church in
America
* 55. An Argument for Overseas Missionary Work: William Carey's An
Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians, to Use Means for the
Conversion of the Heathens
* 56. The Necessity of Evil: Samuel Hopkins's System of Doctrines
* 57. Godly Living in a New England Town: Timothy Dwight's Greenfield
Hill: A Poem, in Seven Parts
* 58. Debunking Racial Stereotypes: Richard Allen's "Address to Those
Who Keep Slaves, and Approve the Practice "
* 59. An Anglican Evangelical's Sermon: Charles Simeon's Gospel Message
* 60. True and False Religion Exposed: William Wilberforce's Practical
View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians in
the Higher and Middle Classes in this Country
* 61. Godly Government During a Time of Crisis: Lemuel Haynes's
Influence of Civil Government on Religion
* 62. A Conspiracy Theorists Theory: Jedidiah Morse's Sermon,
Delivered... May 9th, 1798
* Index