Archibald Simpson's unpeaceable kingdom : the ordeal of evangelicalism in the Colonial South / Peter N. Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Peter N., 1961- author.

Series:

Religion in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelicalism--Southern States--History--18th century.

Evangelicalism.

Presbyterians.

Church history.

History.

Southern States--Church history--18th century.

Southern States.

Simpson, Archibald, approximately 1734-approximately 1795.

Simpson, Archibald.

Presbyterians--South Carolina--Biography.

Great Awakening.

South Carolina.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxix, 221 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018]

Summary:

This book draws on the life of Presbyterian minister and diarist Archibald Simpson (1734-1795) to examine the history of evangelical Protestantism in South Carolina and the British Atlantic during the last half of the eighteenth century. The author reconstructs the ordeal of the evangelical movement and analyzes the effects of the Great Awakening.

Contents:

Introduction: Archibald Simpson, his book

1. Awakening: Glasgow, 1742

2. Less than nothing

3. All flame

4. Prisoner of hope

5. Trouble in Israel

6. A dying world

7. Dreams of Ethiopia

8. Dangers, toils, and snares

9. Two communities at war

10. All society seems at an end

Epilogue: All in all.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-214) and index.

ISBN:

1498569900

9781498569903

OCLC:

1023597915