The Revival Of Religion

Author : Richard L. Bushman
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469600110
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Awakening written by Richard L. Bushman and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most twentieth-century Americans fail to appreciate the power of Christian conversion that characterized the eighteenth-century revivals, especially the Great Awakening of the 1740s. The common disdain in this secular age for impassioned religious emotion and language is merely symptomatic of the shift in values that has shunted revivals to the sidelines. The very magnitude of the previous revivals is one indication of their importance. Between 1740 and 1745 literally thousands were converted. From New England to the southern colonies, people of all ages and all ranks of society underwent the New Birth. Virtually every New England congregation was touched. It is safe to say that most of the colonists in the 1740s, if not converted themselves, knew someone who was, or at least heard revival preaching. The Awakening was a critical event in the intellectual and ecclesiastical life of the colonies. The colonists' view of the world placed much importance on conversion. Particularly, Calvinist theology viewed the bestowal of divine grace as the most crucial occurrence in human life. Besides assuring admission to God's presence in the hereafter, divine grace prepared a person for a fullness of life on earth. In the 1740s the colonists, in overwhelming numbers, laid claim to the divine power which their theology offered them. Many experienced the moral transformatoin as promised. In the Awakening the clergy's pleas of half a century came to dramatic fulfillment. Not everyone agreed that God was working in the Awakening. Many believed preachers to be demagogues, stirring up animal spirits. The revival was looked on as an emotional orgy that needlessly disturbed the churches and frustrated the true work of God. But from 1740 to 1745 no other subject received more attention in books and pamphlets. Through the stirring rhetoric of the sermons, theological treatises, and correspondence presented in this collection, readers can vicariously participate in the ecstasy as well as in the rage generated by America's first national revival.

Author : John Micklethwait
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781594202131
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God is Back written by John Micklethwait and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the street and in the corridors of power, religion is surging worldwide. From Russia to Turkey to India, nations that swore off faith in the last century--or even tried to stamp it out--are now run by avowedly religious leaders. This book examines this new world, from exorcisms in São Paulo to religious skirmishing in Nigeria, to televangelism in California and house churches in China. Since the Enlightenment, intellectuals have assumed that modernization would kill religion--and that religious America is an oddity. As these authors argue, religion and modernity can thrive together, and America is becoming the norm. The failure of communism and the rise of globalism helped spark the global revival, but, above all, 21st century religion is being fueled by a very American emphasis on competition and a customer-driven approach to salvation, and its destabilizing effects can already be seen far from Iraq or the World Trade Center.--From publisher description.

Author : Charles Grandison Finney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781556610622
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lectures on Revival written by Charles Grandison Finney and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the great nineteenth-century American revivalist Charles Finney's handbook on revival of religion, covering the full range of topics related to revival--from what a revival is and the place of prayer in revival, to hindrances to revival. Finney's work has been newly edited for today's reader.

Author : Joseph Tracy
Publisher : Banner of Truth
ISBN 13 : 9781848718579
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Awakening: A History of the Revival of Religion in the Time of Whitefield and Edwards written by Joseph Tracy and published by Banner of Truth. This book was released on 2019-01-30 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although a considerable number of scattered records accompanied what Jonathan Edwards called the 'Revival of Religion in New England in 1740' it was not until 1841 that Joseph Tracy thoroughly sifted these original sources and became its first historian. He aimed to provide 'a work which should furnish the means of suitably appreciating both the good and the evil of that period of religious history.' 'His design,' as C. H. Maxson has written, 'was admirably executed.' This volume remains second to none in its definitive treatment of one of the most important and remarkable eras in the history of the Christian church in modern times.

Author : Joseph Tracy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Awakening written by Joseph Tracy and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : JONATHAN. EDWARDS
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781379760665
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Some Thoughts Concerning the Present Revival of Religion in New-England, and the Way in Which It Ought to Be Acknowledged and Promoted; ... by Jonathan Edwards, written by JONATHAN. EDWARDS and published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T078841 Text continuous despite pagination. [Edinburgh]: Boston, printed: Edinburgh, reprinted by T. Lumisden and J. Robertson, and sold at their printing-house, 1743. iv,124,129-221, [1]p.8°

Author : William G. McLoughlin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022621625X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revivals, Awakening and Reform written by William G. McLoughlin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform, McLoughlin draws on psychohistory, sociology, and anthropology to examine the relationship between America's five great religious awakenings and their influence on five great movements for social reform in the United States. He finds that awakenings (and the revivals that are part of them) are periods of revitalization born in times of cultural stress and eventuating in drastic social reform. Awakenings are thus the means by which a people or nation creates and sustains its identity in a changing world. "This book is sensitive, thought-provoking and stimulating. It is 'must' reading for those interested in awakenings, and even though some may not revise their views as a result of McLoughlin's suggestive outline, none can remain unmoved by the insights he has provided on the subject."—Christian Century "This is one of the best books I have read all year. Professor McLoughlin has again given us a profound analysis of our culture in the midst of revivalistic trends."—Review and Expositor

Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England, 1740 written by Jonathan Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Douglas (of Cavers.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Revival of Religion written by James Douglas (of Cavers.) and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Publisher : Islam International Publications Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1853720577
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revival of Religion written by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad and published by Islam International Publications Ltd. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to mythical tale that prophets descend from heavens like heroes, they are normal human beings. They suffer trials and tribulations. Their followers gain glory not through the toils of someone else but through their own sacrifices. These prophets turn the people away from materialism and return them to their Creator. This revival requires Divine intervention. In this short book, the author examines the prophecies in Islam about the Imam Mahdi and Second Coming of Jesus i.e. Promised Messiah. The concept of non-Ahmadi Muslims and the Ahmadiyya understanding of these prophecies in light of religious history and Quran.