George Whitefield Evangelist for God and Empire |
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| Author:
| Choi, Peter Y. |
| Foreword by:
| Noll, Mark A. |
| Series title: | Library of Religious Biography (LRB) Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4674-5043-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2018 |
| Publisher: | William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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| Imprint: | Eerdmans |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $30.99 |
Book Description:
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Narrates the drama of a famous preacher's entire career in his historical context
GEORGE WHITEFIELD (1714-1770) is remembered as a spirited revivalist, a catalyst for the Great Awakening, and a founder of the evangelical movement in America. But Whitefield was also a citizen of the British Empire who used his political savvy and theological creativity to champion the cause of imperial expansion. In this religious biography of "the Grand Itinerant," Peter...
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Narrates the drama of a famous preacher's entire career in his historical context
GEORGE WHITEFIELD (1714-1770) is remembered as a spirited revivalist, a catalyst for the Great Awakening, and a founder of the evangelical movement in America. But Whitefield was also a citizen of the British Empire who used his political savvy and theological creativity to champion the cause of imperial expansion. In this religious biography of "the Grand Itinerant," Peter Choi recounts a fascinating human story and, in the process, reexamines the Great Awakening and its relationship to a fast-growing British Empire.