1st Edition
Evangelicalism, Piety and Politics The Selected Writings of W.R. Ward
Edited By Andrew Chandler
Copyright 2014
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
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W.R. Ward was one of the most influential historians of modern religion to be found at work in Britain during the twentieth century. Across fifty years his writings provoked a major reconsideration by historians of the significance of religion in society and its importance in the contexts of political, cultural and intellectual life. Ward was, above all, an international scholar who did much to... Read more
Contents: Introduction: W.R. Ward and the study of modern religious history in Britain in the later 20th century. Part I The Realm of the Imagination: The making of the evangelical mind (2004); Mysticism and revival: Gerhard Tersteegen (1993); Art and science: or J.S. Bach as an expositor of the Bible (1990). Part II Piety and Practice: Establishments, Denominations and Movements: Power and piety: the origins of religious revival in the early 18th century (1980); The religion of the people and the problem of control (1971); Swedenborgianism: heresy, schism or religious protest? (1972); Established churches, free churches and religious communities in their contemporary social setting (1995). Part III Inheritances and Accommodations: Putting off the apocalypse: evangelical identity and the origins of overseas missions (2003); The legacy of John Wesley: the pastoral office in Britain and America (1973); Is martyrdom mandatory? The case of Gottfried Arnold (1993); The socialist commitment in Karl Barth (1978); Inheriting Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2001); British Methodism between clericalisation and secularisation, 1932-99 (2000). The historical writings of William Reginald Ward 1947-2012; Index.
Biography
Andrew Chandler is Director of the George Bell Institute and Reader in Modern History at the University of Chichester.
