The Oxford handbook of early evangelicalism

Evangelicalism is one of the most popular and diverse religious movements in the world today. The earliest evangelicals could be found among Anglicans, Baptists, Congregationalists, Methodists, Moravians, and Presbyterians throughout North America, Britain, and Western Europe and included some of th...

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Other Authors: Yeager, Jonathan M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2022, 2022
Series:Oxford handbooks / Oxford handbooks
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Collection: Oxford Handbook Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Evangelicalism is one of the most popular and diverse religious movements in the world today. The earliest evangelicals could be found among Anglicans, Baptists, Congregationalists, Methodists, Moravians, and Presbyterians throughout North America, Britain, and Western Europe and included some of the foremost names of the age, such as Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and George Whitefield. Early evangelicals were abolitionists, historians, hymn writers, missionaries, philanthropists, poets, preachers, and theologians. They participated in the major cultural and intellectual currents of the day and founded institutions of higher education not limited to Dartmouth College, Brown University, and Princeton University
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2022
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780190863340