The Protestant Evangelical Awakening

ISBN-13: 9780521414913 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 392 str.

W. Reginald Ward; W. R. Ward

Opis

This book marks a major development in our understanding of the religious history of both Europe and North America during the first half of the eighteenth century. It studies the early history of the Protestant revival movements from a pan-European, as well as Anglo-American viewpoint, and shows the interrelationships and movements among the major Protestant communities. It is a contribution to the history not only of religious belief and practice, but also to that of the successes and failures of eighteenth-century statecraft in dealing with problems of religious excitement and division during an age of enlightenment. It is based on a vast range of archival resources and published scholarly work ranging from Eastern Europe to the American colonies.

Recenzje

"Ward's book is a significant achievement in scholarship investigating the transatlantic connections of Protestant piety and renewal....It stands nearly alnoe in English language publications on the topic....Ward's The Protestant Evangelical Awakening provides arousing reading." Jeff Bach, Brethren Life and Thought

Spis treści

List of maps; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The Protestant frame of mind in the eighteenth century; 2. The beginnings of rival: Silesia and its neighbours; 3. Salzburg and Austria; 4. Zinzendorf and the Moravians; 5. Revival in the south-west of the empire and Switzerland; 6. Revival in the north-west of the empire and the Lower Rhine; 7. Revival in the American colonies; 8. Revival in the United Kingdom; Conclusion; Index.