Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815 : blue lights & psalm-singers /

The Evangelical Admiral Gambier, notorious for distributing tracts to his fleet in a theatre of war, is commonly seen as a misfit in a fighting service that had scant time for fervent piety. In fact, the navy of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars showed a level of religious observance not seen si...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Blake, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2008.
Series:JSTOR EBA.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Royal Navy > Religion.
Great Britain. > Royal Navy.
1700-1799
Evangelistic work > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Evangelism.
RELIGION > History.
Evangelistic work.
Armed Forces > Religion.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A century of neglect and a call to revival
  • The genesis of a movement : Middleton, Kempenfelt and Ramsay
  • Gathering momentum : divine service at sea in the later eighteenth century
  • The Blue Lights during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802 : a change of emphasis
  • Developing the ethos of the Officer Corps
  • The impact of evangelical enthusiasm on fighting determination : quarter-deck or organ aloft
  • Evangelical activity on the lower deck : the psalm-singers
  • Evangelicalism at the end of the Napoleonic War : a flare in the darkness?

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