The Divine Dramatist: George Whitefield and the Rise of Modern Evangelicalism (Library of Religious Biography)

Stout, Harry S.

ISBN 10: 0802801544 / ISBN 13: 9780802801548

Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1991

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The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Divine Dramatist: George Whitefield and the Rise of Modern Evangelicalism (Library of Religious Biography)
• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802801544
• ISBN 13: 9780802801548
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

Commonly acknowledged as Anglo-America's most popular eighteenth-century preacher, George Whitefield commanded mass audiences across two continents through his personal charisma. Harry Stout draws on a number of sources, including the newspapers of Whitefield's day, to outline his subject's spectacular career as a public figure. Although Whitefield here emerges as very much a modern figure, given to shameless self-promotion and extravagant theatricality, Stout also shows that he was from first to last a Calvinist, earnest in his support of orthodox theological tenets and sincere in his concern for the spiritual welfare of the thousands to whom he preached.

About the Author

Harry S. Stout is the Jonathan Edwards Professor of American Religious History at Yale University and general editor of the Works of Jonathan Edwards and director of the Jonathan Edwards Center.