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Book Evangelicals and Culture

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  • Author : Doreen M Rosman
  • Publisher : James Clarke & Company
  • Release : 2012-07-26
  • ISBN : 0227900987
  • Pages : 198 pages

Download or read book Evangelicals and Culture written by Doreen M Rosman and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteenth-century evangelicals have often been dismissed as antiintellectual and philistine. This book draws on periodicals, memoirs and letters to discover how far this was true of British evangelicals between 1790 and 1833. It examines their leisure pursuits along with their enjoyment of art, music, literature, and study, and concludes that they shared the thought and taste of their contemporaries to a far greater extent than is always acknowledged. What is more, their theology encouraged such activities. Evangelicals regarded recreations which engaged the mind, or which could be pursued within the safety of the home, as more concordant with spirituality than 'sensual' or 'worldly' pleasures. Nevertheless, their faith did militate against culture and learning. Some evangelicals dismissed all nonreligious pursuits as 'vanity', since their deep rooted otherworldliness made them suspicious of anything which did not contribute to eternal well-being. A new generation adopted a more rigid attitude to the Bible, which made them unwilling to examine new ideas. In the last resort, even the most cultured evangelicals were unable to reconcile their delight in the arts with their world-denying theology.

Book Evangelicals and Culture

    Book Details:
  • Author : Doreen Rosman
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2011-04-01
  • ISBN : 1610973283
  • Pages : 207 pages

Download or read book Evangelicals and Culture written by Doreen Rosman and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteenth-century evangelicals have often been dismissed as anti-intellectual and philistine. This book draws on periodicals, memoirs, and letters to discover how far this was true of British evangelicals between 1790 and 1833. It examines their leisure pursuits along with their enjoyment of art, music, literature, and study, and concludes that they shared the thought and taste of their contemporaries to a far greater extent than is usually acknowledged. What is more, their theology encouraged such activities. Evangelicals regarded recreations which engaged the mind or which could be pursued within the safety of the home as more concordant with spirituality than "sensual" or "worldly" pleasures. Nevertheless, their faith did militate against culture and learning. Some evangelicals dismissed all non-religious pursuits as "vanity," since their deep-rooted otherworldliness made them suspicious of anything that did not contribute to eternal well-being. A new generation adopted a more rigid attitude to the Bible, which made them unwilling to examine new ideas. In the last resort, even the most cultured evangelicals were unable to reconcile their delight in the arts with their world-denying theology.

Book Baptist Autographs in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester  1741 1845

Download or read book Baptist Autographs in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 1741 1845 written by Timothy D. Whelan and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the student of English Baptist history (1741-1845) access to a remarkable archive of Baptist letters found in the collections of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, of which only a handful have ever been seen before. Not only do these letters add greatly to our understanding of Baptist history during these years, but the biographical footnotes and glossary of names included in the book provide an invaluable resource tool for students who do not have the opportunity to conduct archival research. The most striking aspect of the Baptist correspondence in the Raffles Collection are the seventy-five letters addressed to John Sutcliff (1752-1814), Baptist minister at Olney (1775-1814). This book also provides identifications of more than 850 individuals, including 480 Baptist ministers, missionaries, and laypersons, of which nearly 300 can be found in the biographical glossary at the end of the volume. The remaining individuals are primarily ministers of other denominations, political figures, merchants, and writers, of which approximately ninety can be found in the glossary. No other volume in print provides students of Baptist history with such a resource for biographical information on Baptist ministers, missionaries, and laypersons from this period. The publication of this book also establishes the John Rylands University Library as one of the more significant depositories of Baptist archival materials, especially as related to the workings of the Baptist Missionary Society, within the United Kingdom.

Book Useful Learning

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  • Author : Anthony R. Cross
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2017-05-05
  • ISBN : 149820256X
  • Pages : 554 pages

Download or read book Useful Learning written by Anthony R. Cross and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explorations of the English Baptist reception of the Evangelical Revival often--and rightfully--focus on the work of the Spirit, prayer, Bible study, preaching, and mission, while other key means are often overlooked. Useful Learning examines the period from c. 1689 to c. 1825, and combines history in the form of the stories of Baptist pastors, their churches, and various societies, and theology as found in sermons, pamphlets, personal confessions of faith, constitutions, covenants, and theological treatises. In the process, it identifies four equally important means of grace. The first was the theological renewal that saw moderate Calvinism answer "The Modern Question," develop into evangelical Calvinism, and revive the denomination. Second were close groups of ministers whose friendship, mutual support, and close theological collaboration culminated in the formation of the Baptist Missionary Society, and local itinerant mission work across much of Britain. Third was their commitment to reviving stagnating Associations, or founding new ones, convinced of the vital importance of the corporate Christian life and witness for the support and strengthening of the local churches, and furthering the spread of the gospel to all people. Finally was the conviction of the churches and their pastors that those with gifts for preaching and ministry should be theologically educated. At first local ministers taught students in their homes, and then at the Bristol Academy. In the early nineteenth century, a further three Baptist academies were founded at Horton, Abergavenny, and Stepney, and these were soon followed by colleges in America, India, and Jamaica.

Book Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates      England Homem  1874

Download or read book Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates England Homem 1874 written by Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collections of the Advocates Library, with the exception of its legal books and manuscripts, were given by the Advocates to the National Library of Scotland in 1925.

Book The Saturday Review of Politics  Literature  Science and Art

Download or read book The Saturday Review of Politics Literature Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 1098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Saturday Review of Politics  Literature  Science and Art

Download or read book Saturday Review of Politics Literature Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Life and Correspondence of John Foster

Download or read book The Life and Correspondence of John Foster written by J. E. Ryland and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Life and Correspondence of John Foster  Edited by J  E  Ryland  With Notices of Mr  Foster as a Preacher and a Companion  by John Sheppard

Download or read book The Life and Correspondence of John Foster Edited by J E Ryland With Notices of Mr Foster as a Preacher and a Companion by John Sheppard written by John Foster and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Eclectic Review

Download or read book The Eclectic Review written by Samuel Greatheed and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Bookseller

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  • Release : 1864
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 80 pages

Download or read book The Bookseller written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Publisher and Bookseller

Download or read book Publisher and Bookseller written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 1144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.

Book The Life and Correspondence of John Foster

Download or read book The Life and Correspondence of John Foster written by John Foster and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue

Download or read book Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue written by Avero Publications Limited and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue  Series II  Phase I  1816 1870

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Book Oxford Dictionary of National Biography  Flattisbury Freston

Download or read book Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Flattisbury Freston written by Henry Colin Gray Matthew and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.