Heroic colonial Christians
Russell T. Hitt (Editor), Courtney Anderson
"In the middle of the eighteenth century, the religious revival known as the Great Awakening swept through the American colonies, revitalizing the church and giving it the shape that, in large degree, it still bears today. Heroic Colonial Christians describes the life and work of four inspired ministers at the very center of that tremendous revival: Jonathan Edwards, the rational mystic whose preaching sparked the Awakening in New England. Gilbert Tennent, Edwards' counterpart in the Middle Colonies, whose propensity for controversy sometimes threatened to destroy the fruit of his labors. David Brainerd, who sacrificed his life to bring Christianity to the Indians. John Witherspoon, Scottish-born minister and signer of the Declaration of Independence, who combined a balanced theological perspective with acute political awareness. To read of their intense and dedicated ministry among all classes and kinds of people is to see clearly the spiritual foundations of our nation--and also, in a new light, the political foundations. For the Great Awakening, by breaking down the walls of sectarianism, helped create a new unity of mind and spirit among the colonists that was essential to the creation of the new nation." -Publisher
Print Book, English, [1966]
[1st ed.]
Lippincott, Philadelphia, [1966]