The Evangelical Conversion Narrative
Spiritual Autobiography in Early Modern England
- Publisher's listprice GBP 187.50
-
89 578 Ft (85 312 Ft + 5% VAT)
The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.
- Discount 10% (cc. 8 958 Ft off)
- Discounted price 80 620 Ft (76 781 Ft + 5% VAT)
Subcribe now and take benefit of a favourable price.
Subscribe
89 578 Ft
Availability
printed on demand
Why don't you give exact delivery time?
Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.
Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 17 March 2005
- ISBN 9780199245758
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages400 pages
- Size 242x162x27 mm
- Weight 740 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 halftone 0
Categories
Short description:
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, thousands of ordinary women and men experienced evangelical conversion and turned to a certain form of spiritual autobiography to make sense of their lives. This book traces the rise and progress of 'conversion narrative' in England during this period and establishes some of the cultural conditions that allowed the genre to proliferate.
MoreLong description:
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, thousands of ordinary women and men experienced evangelical conversion and turned to a certain form of spiritual autobiography to make sense of their lives. This book traces the rise and progress of conversion narrative as a unique form of spiritual autobiography in early modern England. After outlining the emergence of the genre in the seventeenth century and the revival of the form in the journals of the leaders of the Evangelical Revival, the central chapters of the book examine extensive archival sources to show the subtly different forms of narrative identity that appeared among Wesleyan Methodists, Moravians, Anglicans, Baptists, and others. Attentive to the unique voices of pastors and laypeople, women and men, Western and non-Western peoples, the book establishes the cultural conditions under which the genre proliferated.
Based on deep knowledge of Whitefield's and especially the Wesleys' reading and vast output of writings and of the contemporary context, this book throws brilliant new light on the emergence and development of Evangelicalism, whose flame still burns bright. For anyone seeking to explore Evangelicalism, this is an admirable book.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Early Modern Origins: The Rise of Popular Conversion Narrative
The Revival of Conversion Narrative: Evangelical Awakening in the Eighteenth Century
The Early Methodist Journalists: George Whitefield and John Wesley
White-Hot Piety: The Early Methodist Lay People
`Poor Sinnership': Moravian Narrative Culture
`The Word Came in with Power': Conversions at Cambuslang
`A Nail Fixed in a Sure Place': The Lives of the Early Methodist Preachers
The Olney Autobiographers: Conversion Narrative and Personality
The Seventeenth Century Reprised: Conversion Narrative and the Gathered Church
After Christendom: Evangelical Conversion Narrative and its Alternatives
