Early evangelicalism : a reader / edited by Jonathan M. Yeager.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yeager, Jonathan M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelicalism.

Christian biography.

Evangelicalism--History.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 404 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Summary:

Early evangelicalism flourished during the transatlantic revivals of the eighteenth century, coinciding with the emergence of the Enlightenment in America and Europe. Today, most people associate it with only a few of its leaders-namely Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and George Whitefield-despite the fact that this religious movement crossed nations as well as different traditions within Christianity. Those responsible for the growth of evangelicalism were Anglicans, Baptists, Congregationalists, Methodists, Moravians, and Presbyterians and could be found in America, Canada, Great Britain, and Western Europe. They published hymns, historical works, poems, political pamphlets, revival accounts, sermons, and theological treatises. There are also records of their conversion experiences, and diaries that chronicle their spiritual development. Jonathan M. Yeager's anthology introduces a host of important religious figures, providing biographical sketches of each author and over sixty excerpts from a wide range of well-known and lesser-known Protestant Christians. Early Evangelicalism: A Reader promises to be the most comprehensive sourcebook of its kind. Book jacket.

Contents:

1. A Selection of Hymns / Isaac Watts

2. Biography of a Moravian / Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf

3. Justice for the Punishment of Sin / Jonathan Dickinson

4. George Whitefield's Signature Sermon

5. Calvinism under Fire / John Wesley

6. The Conversion of a Welshman / Howell Harris

7. A Selection of Hymns by Charles Wesley

8. A Divisive Great Awakening Sermon / Gilbert Tennent

9. Revivals as a Means of Reform / Samuel Finley

10. Diary of Doubts / Hannah Heaton

11. Racing to Hear Whitefield Preach / Nathan Cole

12. Revival at Cambuslang, Scotland / William McCulloch

13. Overcome by the Power of the Spirit / Sarah Pierpont Edwards

14. Revival at Kilsyth, Scotland / James Robe

15. Jonathan Edwards Assesses a Revival / Thomas Prince

16. Piety over Worldly Pleasures / Susanna Anthony

17. Satan's Strategies of Deception / Thomas Gillespie

18. Spiritual Devotions for the Soul / Philip Doddridge

19. A Conversion Story / John Cennick

20. A Missionary among Native Americans / David Brainerd

21. A Selection of Hymns / Benjamin Ingham

22. Summarizing God's Law / Joseph Bellamy

23. Revival in the Low Countries / Hugh Kennedy

24. Satirical Revenge / John Witherspoon

25. Natural vs. Moral Necessity in the Will / Jonathan Edwards

26. Open Letter to Commit Oneself to God / Sarah Prince Gill

27. The Humiliation and Exaltation of the Cross / John Maclaurin

28. Determining Divine Grace / Sarah Osborn

29. Eloquent Calvinism / James Hervey

30. Life as the Wife of a College President / Esther Edwards Burr

31. Report on African American Religion in Virginia / Samuel Davies

32. Praising the Ineffable / Anne Steele

33. Before Dartmouth College / Eleazar Wheelock

34. The Difference between True and False Religion / Henry Venn

35. Salvation at Sea / John Newton

36. An Anglican Minister Describes Faith / William Romaine

37. Faith Restricted to the Mind / John Erskine

38. Advice to Women on Chastity, Poverty, and Obedience / Mary Fletcher

39. Defending the Doctrine of Christian Perfection / John William Fletcher

40. A Selection of Hymns / William Williams

41. Advice on Alcohol / Samson Occom

42. An Argument for the Separation of Church and State / Isaac Backus

43. A Selection of Poems / Phillis Wheatley

44. Practical Disinterested Benevolence / Samuel Hopkins

45. Amazing Grace (How Sweet the Sound) / John Newton

46. A Baptist's Beliefs / John Ryland Jr.

47. A Gospel Call to Sinners / Henry Alline

48. The Duty to Respond to the Gospel Message / Andrew Fuller

49. The Ideal Student / Charles Nisbet

50. The Unlawfulness of Enslaving Humans / Thomas Clarkson

51. An Appeal to the Higher Ranks of Society / Hannah More

52. Salvation Comes to a Sailor / Olaudah Equiano

53. Journal of an American Methodist / Francis Asbury

54. Guidelines for American Methodists / Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke

55. An Argument for Overseas Missionary Work / William Carey

56. The Necessity of Evil / Samuel Hopkins

57. Godly Living in a New England Town / Timothy Dwight

58. Debunking Racial Stereotypes / Richard Allen

59. An Anglican Evangelical's Sermon / Charles Simeon

60. True and False Religion Exposed / William Wilberforce

61. Godly Government During a Time of Crisis / Lemuel Haynes

62. A Conspiracy Theorists Theory / Jedidiah Morse.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780199916979

0199916977

9780199916955

0199916950

OCLC:

828264967

Publisher Number:

99954968906