RELIGION IN ROMANTIC ENGLAND

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4813-0722-2
Verlag: BAYLOR UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 507 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Reihe: Documents of Anglophone Christianity

Religion in Romantic England explores the ways that the literature of English Christianity shaped the social, cultural, political, and religious life of the nation in texts published between 1760 and 1832.

From the accession of George III and the expansion of Methodism in the late eighteenth century to the Reform Bill and the beginning of the Oxford Movement of the early nineteenth, this anthology reveals how theological ideas and ecclesial movements influenced one of the most widely studied periods in English literature and history. These tumultuous decades brought religious revival in evangelical preaching and spirituality, controversial responses to the French Revolution, the abolition of the slave trade, the struggle over Roman Catholic emancipation, the proliferation of missionary societies, and intellectual battles over the nature of God, the Bible, faith, church authority, and religious pluralism.

Religious writers in the Romantic period range from poets and preachers to pamphleteers and theologians. In ten thematic chapters tracing pivotal developments in belief and practice, Religion in Romantic England guides readers in understanding the major historical and theological issues that contributed to the literary, educational, and political movements of the era. These judicious selections, drawn from a diverse body of luminaries - including William Carey, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, Joseph Priestley, Hannah More, Percy Shelley, and William Wilberforce, among many others - introduce newcomers and established readers alike to the ideas, controversies, and hopes that continue to affect our common life to this day.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction
- Historical Timeline
- Abbreviations for Works Commonly Cited
- Part I. Divinity
- William Jones: Trinity in Unity
- ""A letter to the common people in answer to some popular arguments
- against the Trinity"" (1767)
- Joseph Priestley: One God
- An appeal to the serious and candid professors of Christianity (1770)
- William Hazlitt: Mission of Jesus
- Human authority, in matters of faith, repugnant to Christianity (1774)
- Thomas Scott: Faith in Christ
- The force of truth (1779)
- Samuel Horsley: Antiquity
- A charge, delivered to the clergy of the archdeaconry of St Albans (1783)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley: Atheism
- The necessity of atheism (1811)
- Renn Dickson Hampden: Mystery
- ""Knowledge of God through Christ"" (1828)
- Part II. Faith
- George Whitefield: Repentance
- ""The Good Shepherd: a farewell sermon"" (1769)
- Augustus Toplady: Predestination
- More work for Mr. Wesley (1771)
- John Fletcher: Free Grace
- The first part of an equal check to pharisaism and antinomianism (1774)
- Joseph Milner: Salvation in Christ
- ""An affectionate address to seamen"" (1797)
- Southwood Smith: Divine Government
- Illustrations of the divine government (1816)
- Edward Copleston: Fatalism
- An enquiry into the doctrines of necessity and predestination (1821)
- Julius Charles Hare: Light and Darkness
- ""The children of light"" (1828)
- Part III. Canon
- Sarah Trimmer: Two Books
- An easy introduction to the knowledge of nature, and reading the Holy Scriptures (1780)
- Herbert Marsh: Prayer Books
- An inquiry into the consequences of neglecting to give the Prayer Book with the Bible (1812)
- Isaac Milner: Bible Societies
- Strictures on some of the publications of the Rev. Herbert Marsh (1813)
- Peter Gandolphy: Rule of Faith
- A defence of the ancient faith (1813)
- Edward Hawkins: Scripture and Tradition
- A dissertation upon the use and importance of unauthoritative tradition (1819)
- Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck: Spiritual Interpretation
- Biblical fragments (1821)
- Edward Irving: Living Word
- For the oracles of God. For judgment to come (1823)
- Connop Thirlwall: Biblical Inspiration
- ""Introduction by the translator"" (1825)
- Part IV. Doubt
- George Horne: Miracles
- Letters on infidelity (1784)
- William Wilberforce: Unbelief
- A practical view of the prevailing religious system of professed Christians (1797)
- Robert Hall: Infidelity
- Modern infidelity (1800)
- William Paley: Evil
- Natural theology (1802)
- Richard Whately: Miracles and Testimony
- Historic doubts relative to Napoleon Buonaparte (1819)
- Jeremy Bentham: Pain and the Afterlife
- Analysis of the influence of natural religion on the temporal happiness of mankind (1822)
- Hugh James Rose: Faith and Reason
- The state of the Protestant religion in Germany (1825)
- V. Enthusiasm
- William Law: Spiritual Life
- An humble, earnest, and affectionate address to the clergy (1761)
- William Warburton: Divine Grace
- The doctrine of grace (1762)
- William Romaine: Spirit and Conscience
- The walk of faith (1771)
- John Foster: Evangelical Intellect
- ""On the aversion of men of taste to evangelical religion"" (1805)
- Leigh Hunt: Dangers of Methodism
- ""An attempt to show the folly and danger of Methodism"" (1808)
- Hannah More: Heart Religion
- Practical piety (1811)
- Joanna Southcott: Prophecies
- Prophecies announcing the birth of the Prince of Peace (1814)
- Joseph John Gurney: Pure Christianity
- Sermons and prayers (1832)
- VI. Psalms
- Charles Wesley: Family Hymns
- Hymns for the use of families (1767)
- John Newton and William Cowper: Light Revealed
- Olney hymns (1779)
- William Wordsworth: English Church
- Ecclesiastical sketches (1822)
- James Montgomery: Christian Hymnody
- The Christian psalmist (1825)
- John Keble: Nature's Praise
- The Christian year (1827)
- Felicia Hemans: Divine Mysteries
- Records of woman (1828)
- Part VII. Morals
- Henry Venn: Marriage
- The complete duty of man (1763)
- Soame Jenyns: Christian Virtue
- A view of the internal evidence of the Christian religion (1776)
- Thomas Clarkson: Slavery
- An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species (1786)
- John Wesley: Holy Living
- ""The more excellent way"" (1787)
- Mary Wollstonecraft: Creation
- Original stories from real life (1788)
- Adam Clarke: Tobacco
- A dissertation on the use and abuse of tobacco (1797)
- Robert Malthus: Chastity
- An essay on the principle of population (1803)
- Part VIII. Nation
- Samuel Palmer: English Dissent
- The Protestant dissenter's catechism (1772)
- William Stevens: Spiritual Authority
- A treatise on the nature and constitution of the Christian church (1773)
- George Dyer: Religious Subscription
- An inquiry into the nature of subscription to the Thirty-Nine Articles (1789)
- Edmund Burke: Established Church
- Reflections on the revolution in France (1790)
- Thomas Paine: Toleration
- Rights of man (1791)
- Anna Letitia Barbauld: National Repentance
- Sins of government, sins of the nation (1793)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Christian Church
- On the constitution of the church and state (1830)
- Part IX. Papacy
- Charles Butler: Catholic Relief
- An address to the Protestants of Great Britain and Ireland (1813)
- John Milner: Papal Authority
- The end of religious controversy (1818)
- Joseph Blanco White: Catholic Tyranny
- The poor man's preservative against popery (1825)
- William Poynter: Christian Obedience
- Declaration of the Catholic bishops (1826)
- Thomas Hartwell Horne: Rome
- Romanism contradictory to the Bible (1827)
- Thomas Arnold: Irish Catholicism
- The Christian duty of granting the claims of the Roman Catholics (1829)
- Part X. Outsiders
- Joseph White: Christianity and Islam
- A comparison of Mahometism and Christianity (1784)
- William Knox: Native Americans
- ""Of the Indians in the colonies"" (1789)
- William Carey: Missionary Call
- An enquiry into the obligations of Christians (1792)
- Thomas Coke: Methodism in Africa
- An interesting narrative of a mission (1812)
- William Carus Wilson: Heathen Cruelty
- The children's friend (1826)
- Reginald Heber: Missions in India
- Narrative of a journey through the upper provinces of India (1828)
- Francis Henry Goldsmid: Jewish Emancipation
- Remarks on civil disabilities of the British Jews (1830)

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffrey W. Barbeau is Professor of Theology at Wheaton College.