Author: John NEWTONPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Memoirs of the Rev. ---, late rector of the united parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth and...
Author: John NEWTONMemoirs of the Rev. John Newton, Late Rector of the United Parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth, and St. Mary Woolchurch Haw, Lombard Street
Author: Richard CecilPublisher:
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Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Memoirs of the Rev. John Newton, Late Rector of the United Parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth, and St. Mary Woolchurch Haw, Lombard Street
Author: Richard CecilAmazing Grace in John Newton
Author: William E. PhippsPublisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865548688
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In "Amazing Grace," the best-loved of all hymns, John Newton's allusions to the drama of his life tell the story of a youth who was a virtual slave in Sierra Leone before ironically becoming a slave trader himself. Liverpool, his home port, was the center of the most colossal, lucrative, and inhumane slave trade the world has ever known. A gradual spiritual awakening transformed Newton into an ardent evangelist and antislavery activist.Influenced by Methodists George Whitefield and John Wesley, Newton became prominent among those favoring a Methodist-style revival in the Church of England. This movement stressed personal conversion, simple worship, emotional enthusiasm, and social justice. While pastor of a poor flock in Olney, he and poet William Cowper produced a hymnal containing such perennial favorites as "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" and "God Moves in a Mysterious Way." Later, while serving a church in London, Newton raised British consciousness on the immorality of the slave trade. The account he gave to Parliament of the atrocities he had witnessed helped William Wilberforce obtain legislation to abolish the slave trade in England.Newton's life story convinced many who are "found" after being "lost" to sing Gospel hymns as they lobbied for civil rights legislation. His close involvement with both capitalism and evangelicalism, the main economic and religious forces of his era, provide a fascinating case study of the relationship of Christians to their social environment. In an afterword on Newtonian Christianity, Phipps explains Newton's critique of Karl Marx's thesis that religious ideals are always the effect of what produces the most profit. Phipps relies on accountsNewton gives in his ship journal, diary, letters, and sermons for this most readable scholarly narrative.
The African Slave Trade and Its Suppression
Author: Peter HoggPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317792351
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
A comprehensive bibliography dealing specifically with African slave trade. This volume has been sub-classified for easier consultation and the compiler has provided, where possible, descriptions and comments on the works listed.
The Annual Review and History of Literature
Author: The Annual review and history of literature, A. Aiken ed
Author: Arthur AikinThe Works of the Rev. Richard Cecil ...
Author: Richard CecilPublisher:
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Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature
Author: Tobias SmollettPublisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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