Download PDF by Robert W., III Caldwell: Theologies of the American Revivalists: From Whitefield to

By Robert W., III Caldwell

for hundreds of years, revivals—and the conversions they inspire—have performed an important function in American evangelicalism.

Often disregarded or unconsidered, even if, are the actual theologies underlying those revivals and conversions to religion.

With that during brain, church historian Robert Caldwell lines the attention-grabbing tale of yankee revival theologies from the 1st nice Awakening throughout the moment nice Awakening, from approximately 1740 to 1840.

As he uncovers this point of yankee non secular background, Caldwell deals a reconsideration of the theologies of figures equivalent to George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, Joseph Bellamy, Samuel Hopkins, and Charles Finney. His scope additionally contains routine, resembling New Divinity theology, Taylorism, Baptist revival theology, Princeton theology, and the Restorationist circulate.

With this learn, we achieve clean perception into what it intended to develop into a Christian in the course of the age of America's nice awakenings.

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