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Publisher's Description: David Bebbington's 1989 book, Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s, put forth the idea that evangelical religion is the result of transatlantic revival in the 1730s, and that it took a working together attitude toward the Enlightenment rather than a contradictory one. Today, Bebbington's thesis has gained international acceptance, and scholars from Europe and North America present a review of its primary arguments and conclusions here in The Advent of Evangelicalism.
Contributors include: David W. Bebbington, Joel R. Beeke, John Coffey, Timothy George, Crawford Gribben, Michael A. G. Haykin, Paul Helm, D. Bruce Hindmarsh, David Ceri Jones, Thomas S. Kidd, Timothy Larsen, Cameron A. MacKenzie, A. T. B. McGowan, D. Densil Morgan, Ashley Null, Ian J. Shaw, Kenneth J. Stewart, Douglas A. Sweeney, Garry J. Williams, and Brandon G. Withrow.
432 Pages
Published October 2008 |
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"David Bebbington is an outstanding evangelical historian and scholar of Baptist thought as well as a dedicated churchman…and this assessment by colleagues of his major thesis is enlightening and informative, a major contribution to Christian scholarship."
- Richard V. Pierard, Professor emeritus, Indiana State University and Gordon College
"This book provides just the kind of constructive dialogue that is sure to help us move ever closer to a more satisfying grasp of evangelical identity, not as a mere historical curiosity, but as a matter of self-knowledge for thoughtful action to the glory of God."
- Tom J. Nettles, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
"The editors have arranged for some eighteen scholars to express themselves on the emergence of evangelicalism. It is their conviction that there is more continuity between the evangelicals and some involved in preceding awakenings of Christianity. And Bebbington, as the Christian scholar that he is, has welcomed this endeavor and himself contributed a response to further this invaluable process."
- Ian S. Rennie, dean emeritus, Tyndale Seminary, Toronto
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