Converting Britannia: Evangelicals and British public life, 1770–1840

A compelling study of Anglican Evangelicalism in the Age of Wilberforce revealing its potency as a political machine whose reach extended into every area of the British establishment and its nascent Empire

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Main Author: Atkins, Gareth ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge The Boydell Press 2019
Series:Studies in the eighteenth century
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Summary:A compelling study of Anglican Evangelicalism in the Age of Wilberforce revealing its potency as a political machine whose reach extended into every area of the British establishment and its nascent Empire
Item Description:Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Notes on the Text; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Redefining 'the Age of Wilberforce'; 1 'Spheres of Influence': the Evangelical Clergy, c. 1770-1830; 2 Business, Banking and Bibles in Late-Hanoverian London; 3 The Development of an Anglican Evangelical Party, c. 1800-35; 4 Forging an Evangelical Empire: Sierra Leone and the Wider British World; 5 Patriotism, Piety and Patronage: Evangelicals and the Royal Navy; 6 'Small Detachments of Maniacs'? Evangelicals and the East India Company; Conclusion: Britannia Converted?
Physical Description:xiv, 329 Seiten Illustration, Karte, Diagramm
ISBN:9781783274390
1783274395

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