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"Pedlar in divinity" : George Whitefield and the transatlantic revivals, 1737-1770 /

A pioneer in the commercialization of religion, George Whitefield (1714-1770) is seen by many as the most powerful leader of the Great Awakening in America: through his passionate ministry he united local religious revivals into a national movement before there was a nation. An itinerant British pre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lambert, Frank, 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1994]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Eighteenth-century transformations: Whitefield's new birth and the consumer revolution
  • Whitefield's adaptation of commercial strategies
  • Creating an intercolonial revival
  • Interpreting the new birth: audience response
  • Debating the great awakening in a religious public sphere
  • The Americanization of Whitefield
  • Legacies.