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Fire from the Midst of You : a Religious Life of John Brown.
This biography offers fresh insight into the life and actions of this renowned figure in American history.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: Reconfiguring Sainthood
- Part I.A Power about Ourselves
- 1. And They Had No Comforter: John Brown and the Everlasting Negro Question
- 2. John Brown's Heritage
- 3. Revival, Resistance, and Abolition in the Time of John Brown
- Part II. A Good Cause and a Sovereign God
- 4. The Early Years: Autobiography and History
- 5. Millennial Hopes, Abolitionist Awakenings
- 6. This Path of Life: From Ohio to Pennsylvania
- Part III. Providence and Principle
- 7. Citizen Brown's Calvinist Community
- 8. The Pursuit of Success and the Disappointments of Providence9. Of Vows and Tears
- Part IV. In Times of Difficulty
- 10. Belted Knights and Practical Shepherds
- 11. We Are Tossing Up and Down
- 12. The Practical Shepherd in Springfield
- Part V. Big Difficulties and Firm Footholds
- 13. A Cold and Snowy Canaan Land
- 14. So We Go: Failed Ventures and Disappointing Outcomes
- 15. All the Encouragement in My Power
- Part VI. Enduring Hardness
- 16. Ohio and Beyond
- 17. Kansas the Outpost: An Overview
- 18. Pottawatomie and the FatherlessVII. I Will Raise a Storm
- 19. The Language of Providence
- 20. This Spark of Fire
- 21. My Public Murder
- Epilogue: A Saint's Rest
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author