"Pedlar in Divinity" by Frank Lambert

"Pedlar in Divinity" by Frank Lambert

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A pioneer in the commercialization of religion, George Whitefield (1714 - 1770) is seen by many as the most powerful leader of the Great Awakening in America: through his passionate ministry he united local religious revivals into a national movement before there was a nation.

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"Pedlar in Divinity" by Frank Lambert

A pioneer in the commercialization of religion, George Whitefield (1714 - 1770) is seen by many as the most powerful leader of the Great Awakening in America: through his passionate ministry he united local religious revivals into a national movement before there was a nation.
"A scholarly, easily written and felicitously documented account of Whitefeld's use of commercial methods.. to promote missions to the masses."--David Martin, Times Literary Supplement "More than any other work, Lambert's provides the foundation for a new understanding and appreciation of the life and times of Anglo-America's greatest evangelical revivalist."--American Historical Review
Frank Lambert is Associate Professor of History at Purdue University and the author of "Inventing the "Great Awakening"" (Princeton).
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ISBN 13 9780691096162
ISBN 10 0691096163
Title "Pedlar in Divinity"
Author Frank Lambert
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Princeton University Press
Year published 2002-12-08
Number of pages 256
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