"Setting Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and George Whitfield into their own contexts, Sean McGever tells the true story of these men's deeply compromised relationship to slavery. More than just a history, this book is an invitation to examine our own legacies and to take ownership of our h...

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1. Verfasser:	McGever, Sean 1976- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Bacote, Vincent E. 1965- (VerfasserIn eines Geleitwortes)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Downers Grove, Illinois IVP [2024]
Schlagworte:	Edwards, Jonathan > 1703-1758 Wesley, John > 1703-1791 Whitefield, George > 1714-1770 Geschichte Sklaverei Evangelikale Bewegung USA Edwards, Jonathan / 1703-1758 Wesley, John / 1703-1791 Whitefield, George / 1714-1770 Slavery and the church / United States / History / 18th century United States / History / Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 RELIGION / Christian Church / History HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Zusammenfassung:	"Setting Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and George Whitfield into their own contexts, Sean McGever tells the true story of these men's deeply compromised relationship to slavery. More than just a history, this book is an invitation to examine our own legacies and to take ownership of our heritage and our own part in the story." "Men of their time?Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and George Whitefield were the three most prominent early evangelicals-and all three were deeply compromised on the issue of slavery. Edwards and Whitefield both kept slaves themselves, and Wesley failed to speak out against slavery until near the end of his life.In Ownership, Sean McGever tells the true story of these men's relationships to slavery: a story that has too often been passed over or buried in scholarly literature. Laying out the dominant attitudes among Christians toward slavery at the time, McGever sets these "men of their times" in their own context, inviting us to learn how these shapers of American evangelicalism contributed to the tragic history of racism in America. He also explores how Christians finally began to recognize that slavery, which they'd excused for most of Christian history, is actually wrong. It's a story that white evangelicals must wrestle with today.Ownership is more than a book of history. It's an invitation to examine our own legacies and to understand-and take ownership of-both our heritage and our own part in the story."
Beschreibung:	IVP = InterVarsity Press
Beschreibung:	ix, 221 Seiten Illustrationen 21 cm
ISBN:	9781514004159