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Book An Appeal to the Religion  Justice  and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire

Download or read book An Appeal to the Religion Justice and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire written by William Wilberforce and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In An Appeal to the Religion, Justice, and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire, first published in 1823, Wilberforce tries to persuade his fellow countrymen of the fundamental morality of abolishing slavery. Proceeding from the assumption that the British people allowed slavery only because of their great ignorance of the horrors that were involved, he endeavors to bring the reality of the slave trade to light. Driven by his religious conviction, Wilberforce condemns slaveholders for their irreligious ways and thereby encourages his countrymen to show their faith and fealty to God by joining his cause. Students of history and the African slave trade will find Wilberforce's blend of empathy for the slaves and disregard for their native faiths paradoxical, if not emblematic of his time. British abolitionist and politician WILLIAM WILBERFORCE (1759-1833) founded the Society for the Suppression of Vice and was active in the Association for the Better Observance of Sunday.

Book An Appeal to the Religion  Justice  and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire

Download or read book An Appeal to the Religion Justice and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire written by William Wilberforce and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Good  the True  the Beautiful

Download or read book The Good the True the Beautiful written by Mark J. Boone and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. David K. Naugle is widely regarded as a leading thinker in the area of Christian worldview formation. As Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Dallas Baptist University, he has drawn accolades and admiration. This collection in his honor demonstrates that intellectual pursuits are inherently spiritual, that no area of life is separate from the lordship of Christ, and that true Christian faith is in fact the deep fulfillment of the human experience. On topics ranging from linguistics to gardening and everything in between, these essays represent the depth and breadth of the idea that all goodness is God's goodness, all truth is God's truth, and all beauty is God's beauty.

Book William Wilberforce

Download or read book William Wilberforce written by William Hague and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major biography of abolitionist William Wilberforce, the man who fought for twenty years to abolish the Atlantic slave trade.

Book William Wilberforce

Download or read book William Wilberforce written by William Wilberforce and published by Bridge Logos Foundation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 29th Pure Gold Classic, William Wilberforce presents the very best of this great man's life and work. It includes his Practical View of Christianity, historic papers, and a wonderful biography of the man who became the conscience of the world and helped bring an end to the practice of slavery in the civilized world. William Wilberforce, the son of a wealthy merchant, was born in Hull in 1759. William's father died when he was young, and for a time William was brought up by an uncle and aunt. William came under the influence of his aunt, who was a strong supporter of John Wesley and the Methodist movement. Disturbed by these developments, Mrs. Wilberforce brought her son back to the family home. In 1784 Wilberforce converted to Evangelical Christianity. He joined the Clapham Set, a group of evangelical members of the Anglican Church, centered around John Venn, rector of Clapham Church in London. As a result of this conversion, Wilberforce became interested in social reform and was eventually approached by Lady Middleton and was asked to use his power as an MP to bring an end to the slave trade. As a member of the evangelical movement, Wilberforce was sympathetic to Mrs. Middleton's request. In his letter of reply, Wilberforce wrote: "I feel the great importance of the subject and I think myself unequal to the task allotted to me." Despite these doubts, Wilberforce agreed to Mrs. Middleton's request, but soon afterwards, he became very ill and it was not until 12th May, 1789, that he made his first speech against the slave trade.

Book Wilberforce

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  • Author : The Open University
  • Publisher : The Open University
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 1473005620
  • Pages : 76 pages

Download or read book Wilberforce written by The Open University and published by The Open University. This book was released on with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 16-hour free course examined William Wilberforce's career and writings and assessed their historical significance.

Book Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce  Foreword by Jonathan Aitken

Download or read book Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce Foreword by Jonathan Aitken written by John Piper and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John Piper's succinct and superbly perceptive study of William Wilberforce deserves to become an acclaimed bestseller. It not only tells the story of a great man's life-it also tells us how to understand the ultimate source of his greatness and happiness. Moreover, that understanding goes far deeper than the abolitionist achievements for which Wilberforce is honored, astounding though they were. William Wilberforce's secret, as revealed in this book, was that he made the journey from self-centeredness, achievement-centeredness, and political-centeredness to God-centeredness. And he made it with Christlike joy." -Jonathan Aitken Against great obstacles William Wilberforce, an evangelical Christian and a member of Parliament, fought for the abolition of the African slave trade and against slavery itself until they were both illegal in the British Empire. Many are aware of Wilberforce's role in bringing an end to slavery in Great Britain, but few have taken the time to examine the beliefs and motivations that spurred him on for decades. In this concise volume, John Piper tells the story of how Wilberforce was transformed from an unbelieving, young politician into a radically God-centered Christian, and how his deep spirituality helped to change the moral outlook of a nation. As world leaders debate over how to deal with a host of social justice and humanitarian crises, a closer look at Wilberforce's life and faith serves as an encouragement and example to all believers.

Book Untimely Democracy

Download or read book Untimely Democracy written by Gregory Laski and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Machine generated contents note: -- Table of Contents: -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Democracy's Progress -- Chapter One: On the Possibility of Democracy in the Present-Past: Reading Thomas Jefferson and W.E.B. Du Bois in the Times of Slavery and Freedom -- Chapter Two: Narrating the Present-Past in Frederick Douglass's Life and Times -- Chapter Three: Making Reparation; or, How to Count the Wrongs of Slavery -- Chapter Four: Failed Futures: Of Prophecy and Pessimism at the Nadir -- Chapter Five: Pauline E. Hopkins's Untimely Democracy (Stasis, Agitation, Agency) -- Epilogue: Democracy's Plunges

Book Intercultural Visions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rob Fennell
  • Publisher : The United Church of Canada
  • Release : 2012-09-07
  • ISBN : 1551342030
  • Pages : 117 pages

Download or read book Intercultural Visions written by Rob Fennell and published by The United Church of Canada. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What new visions of church are emerging in the United Church today? Diverse voices, each taking a line from A New Creed, explore the interplay between our call to be the church and our commitment to become intercultural. As Rob Fennell writes in the Preface, "Sometimes these voices challenge us all to see with new eyes and to love with new hearts. Sometimes they push against our comfort zones. Sometimes these voices inspire deep hope and great excitement. In every case, each writers unique theological and spiritual understandings come through." Includes a study guide for individuals or small groups.

Book The British Review  and London Critical Journal

Download or read book The British Review and London Critical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Methodists and their Missionary Societies 1760 1900

Download or read book Methodists and their Missionary Societies 1760 1900 written by John Pritchard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Methodism played an important part in the spread of Christianity from its European heartlands to the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Pacific. From John Wesley’s initial reluctance, via haphazard ventures and over-ambitious targets, a well-organized and supported Wesleyan Society developed. Smaller branches of British Methodism undertook their own foreign missions. This book, together with a companion volume on the 20th century, offers an account of the overseas mission activity of British and Irish Methodists, its roots and fruits. John Pritchard explores many aspects of mission, ranging from Labrador to New Zealand and from Sierra Leone to Sri Lanka, from open air preaching to political engagement, from the isolation of early pioneers to the creation of self-governing churches. Tracing the nineteenth-century missionary work of the Churches with Wesleyan roots which went on to unite in 1932, Pritchard explores the shifting theologies and attitudes of missionaries who crossed cultural and geographical frontiers as well as those at home who sent and supported them. Necessarily selective in the personalities and events it describes, this book offers a comprehensive overview of a world-changing movement - a story packed with heroism, mistakes, achievements, frustrations, arguments, personalities, rascals and saints.

Book Politics and the Public Conscience

Download or read book Politics and the Public Conscience written by Edith F. Hurwitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-25 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was the vitality of British Protestantism in its relationship with the state which largely accounts for the achievement of emancipation and the success of the British Anti-Slavery Movement. This book, originally published in 1873, analyses the factors which made the Anti-Slavery Movement so successful. It exposes the roots of its passionate support and explains How the government came to accept the objectives of religious idealists. It sets the abolition of slavery in the larger perspective of British history.

Book Politics for the Greatest Good

Download or read book Politics for the Greatest Good written by Clarke Forsythe and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Makes the case for prudential, incremental change as the best pro-life advocacy Written for both practitioners and students of public policy and political science Leading policy strategist Clarke Forsythe speaks clearly into the fray of political striving. He campaigns for a rich understanding of the virtue of prudence, and for its application to contemporary public policy. As Forsythe explains, prudence, in its classical sense, is the ability to apply wisdom to right action. In this book he explores the importance of applying the principles of prudence to the realm of politics, especially that of bioethics. In particular, Forsythe applies these concepts to the ongoing debate among pro-life advocates regarding gradual versus radical change as the most effective way to achieve political and legislative goals. Drawing on the Bible, philosophy, and the wisdom of historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln and William Wilberforce, he makes a strong case for a strategy of incremental change or political prudence.

Book The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle

Download or read book The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Thomas Jefferson s Washington Architect  William B  Thornton

Download or read book Thomas Jefferson s Washington Architect William B Thornton written by Michelle Graye and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This amazing book originally published privately by Dr. William Thornton (chief architect for the Washington Capitol) is now available in a Lulu Modern First Trade Paperback edition. Fascinating look at how Thomas Jefferson worked with an architect that was of the same mindset as his (which was genius level).

Book Race and Liberty in America

Download or read book Race and Liberty in America written by Jonathan Bean and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2009-07-17 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of civil rights in the United States is usually analyzed and interpreted through the lenses of modern conservatism and progressive liberalism. In Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader, author Jonathan Bean argues that the historical record does not conveniently fit into either of these categories and that knowledge of the American classical liberal tradition is required to gain a more accurate understanding of the past, present, and future of civil liberties in the nation. By assembling and contextualizing classic documents, from the Declaration of Independence to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision banning school assignment by race, Bean demonstrates that classical liberalism differs from progressive liberalism in emphasizing individual freedom, Christianity, the racial neutrality of the Constitution, complete color-blindness, and free-market capitalism. A comprehensive and vital resource for scholars and students of civil liberties, Race and Liberty in America presents a wealth of primary sources that trace the evolution of civil rights throughout U.S. history.