'Master biographer Jonathan Aitken is in fine form, sympathetic, insightful, scholarly and vivid, and his book, like its subject, must be rated unobtrusively spectacular.' J. I. Packer '...meticulously researched...[Aiken] writes beautifully and accessibly.' Christianity 'This is a book to inform your mind, warm your heart and inspire your Christian walk. I cannot recommend it more highly.' Evangelical Times From Newton's rip-roaring adventures on the high seas to his emergence as a pivotal figure in the abolitionist and evangelical movements, this is a life of amazing achievement as well as…mehr
'Master biographer Jonathan Aitken is in fine form, sympathetic, insightful, scholarly and vivid, and his book, like its subject, must be rated unobtrusively spectacular.' J. I. Packer '...meticulously researched...[Aiken] writes beautifully and accessibly.' Christianity 'This is a book to inform your mind, warm your heart and inspire your Christian walk. I cannot recommend it more highly.' Evangelical Times From Newton's rip-roaring adventures on the high seas to his emergence as a pivotal figure in the abolitionist and evangelical movements, this is a life of amazing achievement as well as of Amazing Grace. John Newton is best known as the author of the hymn Amazing Grace but this brilliant new biography shows how he led one of the most colourful and influential lives of the 18th century. Using a wealth of unpublished material, Jonathan Aitken charts Newton's journey through slave-trading, best-selling authorship, ordination, church leadership, abolitionist campaigning and the spiritual mentoring of William Wilberforce and William Cowper.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jonathan Aitken is a former MP and cabinet minister. He is now an author, biographer and broadcaster. In 1995, the court found him guilty of perjury in a celebrated case against the Guardian newspaper and he spent 18 months in Belmarsh Prison. He subsequently studied theology at Oxford and in 2019, he was ordained an Anglican priest. He is now a full-time prison chaplain in London. He is the author of an award-winning biography of President Richard Nixon and has written a number of critically acclaimed books for Bloomsbury Continuum - including a bestselling life of Margaret Thatcher (2013).
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Acknowledgements 1 A Spiritual Upbringing 2 First Steps in Love and Seafaring 3 Press-ganged 4 Flogged and Degraded 5 Exchanged 6 Enslaved in Africa 7 Rescued by the Greyhound 8 Troublemaker and Blasphemer 9 In the Shadow of Death 10 False Dawns, More Storms and a Safe Landing 11 Londonderry, Love and a Liverpool Shipowner 12 Adventures on the Brownlow 13 Struggles of Books, Body and Soul 14 Marriage to Polly 15 Captain of the Duke of Argyle 16 First Voyage of the African 17 The End of a Seafaring Career 18 Unemployment, Inspiration and Prayer 19 Methodism and Materialism 20 Life in Liverpool 21 The Call to Ordination 22 The First Rejection 23 In Suspense 24 An Authentic Narrative 25 Ordained at Last 26 First Impressions of Olney 27 Parish Ministry 28 Pressure to Move: Praying with Polly 29 Prayer and Church History 30 Friendship with Cowper 31 Creativity and Crisis 32 Amazing Grace 33 What Happened to Amazing Grace 34 Winning Friends and Influencing People 35 Meddling in Politics 36 Family Life and Health Worries 37 Leaving Olney 38 Arriving in London 39 Family, Friends and Apologia 40 The Eclectic Society and the Messiah 41 Mentor to William Wilberforce 42 Correspondence with Wilberforce 43 Abolitionist Campaigner 44 Death of Polly 45 Declining Years and Continuing Influence 46 A Great Sinner and a Great Saviour Epilogue Source Notes Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements 1 A Spiritual Upbringing 2 First Steps in Love and Seafaring 3 Press-ganged 4 Flogged and Degraded 5 Exchanged 6 Enslaved in Africa 7 Rescued by the Greyhound 8 Troublemaker and Blasphemer 9 In the Shadow of Death 10 False Dawns, More Storms and a Safe Landing 11 Londonderry, Love and a Liverpool Shipowner 12 Adventures on the Brownlow 13 Struggles of Books, Body and Soul 14 Marriage to Polly 15 Captain of the Duke of Argyle 16 First Voyage of the African 17 The End of a Seafaring Career 18 Unemployment, Inspiration and Prayer 19 Methodism and Materialism 20 Life in Liverpool 21 The Call to Ordination 22 The First Rejection 23 In Suspense 24 An Authentic Narrative 25 Ordained at Last 26 First Impressions of Olney 27 Parish Ministry 28 Pressure to Move: Praying with Polly 29 Prayer and Church History 30 Friendship with Cowper 31 Creativity and Crisis 32 Amazing Grace 33 What Happened to Amazing Grace 34 Winning Friends and Influencing People 35 Meddling in Politics 36 Family Life and Health Worries 37 Leaving Olney 38 Arriving in London 39 Family, Friends and Apologia 40 The Eclectic Society and the Messiah 41 Mentor to William Wilberforce 42 Correspondence with Wilberforce 43 Abolitionist Campaigner 44 Death of Polly 45 Declining Years and Continuing Influence 46 A Great Sinner and a Great Saviour Epilogue Source Notes Bibliography Index
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