The divine dramatist : George Whitefield and the rise of modern evangelicalism /

Commonly acknowledged as Anglo-America's most popular eighteenth-century preacher, George Whitefield commanded mass audiences across two continents through his personal charisma. Harry Stout draws on a number of sources, including the newspapers of Whitefield's day, to outline his subject&...

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Main Author: Stout, Harry S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, ©1991.
Series:Library of religious biography
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Table of Contents:
  • The young rake
  • Oxford odd fellow
  • London boy preacher
  • Colonial missionary
  • London field preacher
  • American awakener
  • A new religious history
  • Scottish stranger preacher
  • Women and marriage
  • Growing up
  • Revivals in a new key
  • An uncommon friendship
  • Dr. Squintum
  • American icon
  • Final scene.