Lay activism and the high church movement of the late eighteenth century : the life and thought of William Stevens, 1732-1807 /

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In Lay Activism and the High Church Movement of the Late Eighteenth Century, Robert M. Andrews presents a biography of the late eighteenth-century High Church layman, William Stevens (1732-1807), elucidating his influence within the High Church movement of his day.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Andrews, Robert M. (Honorary Research Associate) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Brill, [2015]
Colección:Brill's series in church history ; volume 70.
Temas:
Stevens, William, > 1732-1807.
Stevens, William, > 1732-1807
Church of England > History > 18th century.
Church of England > Biography.
Church of England > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Church of England
1700-1799
Laity > Church of England > History > 18th century.
High Church movement > England > History > 18th century.
High Church > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
RELIGION > Christianity > Anglican.
Laity > Church of England
High Church movement
England > Church history > 18th century.
Angleterre > Histoire religieuse > 18e siècle.
England
Biographies
Church history
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Lay Activism and the High Church Movement of the Late Eighteenth Century: The Life and Thought of William Stevens, 1732-1807
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Park's Memoirs
  • Structure and Contents
  • 1: Contexts: High Churchmanship and the Lay Precedent
  • High Churchmanship: A Definition
  • The Problem of Terminology
  • High Churchmanship in Recent Scholarship
  • Lay Activism in High Churchmanship: The Concept
  • Lay Precedents
  • Selected Biographical Sketches
  • Robert Filmer (1588-1653)
  • Izaak Walton (1593-1683)
  • John Evelyn (1620-1706)
  • The Nonjurors and Robert Nelson (1656-1715)
  • Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
  • Edmund Burke (1730-1797)
  • A Forgotten Phenomenon: High Church Women
  • Evangelical Lay Activists
  • Conclusion
  • 2: Background: A Man of Faith and Commerce
  • Birth and Early Life
  • An Apprentice in a Commercial World
  • The Hosiery Trade
  • A Pious and Studious Layman
  • The Trappings of Commercial Success
  • In Partnership with "Moloch the Iron King"
  • Conclusion
  • 3: Theological Activism (i): The 1770s
  • Stevens' Theological Sources
  • Hutchinsonianism
  • Benjamin Kennicott and the Lettres de M. L'Abbé
  • The Attack on the Thirty-nine Articles
  • Cursory Observations
  • An Ecclesiological Primer: The Treatise
  • The Sin of Rebellion: The American Revolution
  • A Discourse on the English Constitution
  • Strictures on a Sermon
  • The Revolution Vindicated and Constitutional Liberty Asserted
  • Conclusion
  • 4: Theological Activism (ii): 1780s to 1800s
  • The 1780s and the Rise of Theological Heterodoxy
  • The French Revolution and the Conservative Reaction
  • The Society for the Reformation of Principles
  • The British Critic
  • The Scholar Armed
  • The Fallout with the British Critic
  • Defending the Legacy of Jones of Nayland.
  • The Anti-Jacobin Review and the Orthodox Churchman's Magazine
  • Defending John Hutchinson
  • The High Church Critique of Natural Religion
  • Conclusion
  • 5: Ecclesiastical Activism
  • The Art of Holy Living
  • The Church Societies
  • Treasurer of Queen Anne's Bounty
  • Friends in the Episcopate
  • In Aid of the "Poor Scotch Bishops"
  • "Nobody" and His Friends
  • "Nothing but Death"
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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