The Evangelical Conversion Narrative: Spiritual Autobiography in Early Modern EnglandOUP Oxford, 2005 M03 18 - 400 páginas In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, thousands of ordinary women and men experienced evangelical conversion and turned to a certain form of spiritual autobiography to make sense of their lives. This book traces the rise and progress of conversion narrative as a unique form of spiritual autobiography in early modern England. After outlining the emergence of the genre in the seventeenth century and the revival of the form in the journals of the leaders of the Evangelical Revival, the central chapters of the book examine extensive archival sources to show the subtly different forms of narrative identity that appeared among Wesleyan Methodists, Moravians, Anglicans, Baptists, and others. Attentive to the unique voices of pastors and laypeople, women and men, Western and non-Western peoples, the book establishes the cultural conditions under which the genre proliferated. |
Contenido
1 | |
The Rise of Popular Conversion Narrative | 33 |
Evangelical Awakening in the Eighteenth Century | 61 |
George Whitefield and John Wesley | 88 |
The Early Methodist Laypeople | 130 |
Moravian Narrative Culture | 162 |
Conversions at Cambuslang | 193 |
The Lives of the Early Methodist Preachers | 226 |
Conversion Narrative and Personality | 261 |
Conversion Narrative and the Gathered Church | 287 |
Evangelical Conversion Narrative and its Alternatives | 321 |
Bibliography | 350 |
373 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Evangelical Conversion Narrative: Spiritual Autobiography in Early ... D. Bruce Hindmarsh Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
The Evangelical Conversion Narrative: Spiritual Autobiography in Early ... D. Bruce Hindmarsh Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |
The Evangelical Conversion Narrative:Spiritual Autobiography in Early Modern ... D. Bruce Hindmarsh Sin vista previa disponible - 2005 |
Términos y frases comunes
appeared awakening Baptist became began beginning believed Calvinist Cambuslang Charles Wesley Christ Christian church concern congregation conscience context continued conversion narrative culture death described diary divine doctrine early eighteenth century England English evangelical evangelical conversion evidence example experience expressed faith felt followed further genre George gospel grace hear heard heart hymn Ibid identity important included individual James John John Ryland Journal later letter lives London Magazine means meetings memoir Methodism Methodist ministers ministry Moravian Newton noted observed particular pattern period piety practice preachers preaching present printed published Puritan Quaker question reader received recorded referred religious revival saying sense sermon society sort soul speak spiritual autobiography story theological things Thomas thought tradition true Wesley Wesley’s Whitefield whole witness women writing written wrote