John Newton and the English Evangelical Tradition by Dbruce Hindmarsh

John Newton and the English Evangelical Tradition by Dbruce Hindmarsh

Dr Hindmarsh draws upon extensive archival and antiquarian sources to provide a serious, scholarly consideration of the life and religious thought of John Newton (1725-1807). In addition, he uses the theme of Newton as a 'sort of middle man' to explore the religious understanding of a whole generation who knew themselves as 'evangelical' although this was different from those who later adopted the term as a badge of partisan loyalty. The author shows how Newton is related to other Church of England evangelicals, Methodists, and various Dissenting bodies, and how his life sheds light on little explored aspects of the Evangelical Revival which contribute to an understanding and reassessment of the eighteenth-century church. In addition to discussion of themes in historical theology, pastoralia, and spirituality, an analysis of conversion narrative, the familiar letter, and hymnody contribute to an understanding of the relationship between religion and culture more generally.

D. Bruce Hindmarsh holds the James M. Houston Chair of Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver. A past president of the American Society of Church History, he has published and spoken widely to international audiences on the history of early British evangelicalism. His previous books
include John Newton and the English Evangelical Tradition and The Evangelical Conversion Narrative, both by Oxford University Press.

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ISBN 13	9780802847416
ISBN 10	0802847412
Title	John Newton and the English Evangelical Tradition
Author	Dbruce Hindmarsh
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Year published	2001-01-03
Number of pages	388
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