The Rise of Evangelicalism
The Age of Edwards, Whitefield and the Wesleys
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This inaugural book in a series that charts the course of English-speaking evangelicalism over the last 300 years offers a multinational narrative of the origin, development and rapid diffusion of evangelical movements in their first two generations. Written by Mark A. Noll and now in paper.
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A History of Evangelicalism is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2004 with contributions by Mark A. Noll and John Wolffe.
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Short review: good, wide ranging introduction to early evangelicalism. Several things are striking. One, how young Whitfield, Wesleys and Edwards were when they all started (around 25-26 for all except John Wesley and he was just over 30). Second, most of the issues then, are still issues now. The role of scripture and authority, tradition vs innovation, leading of the Holy Spirit vs cultural understanding of scripture, pragmatism, etc.
Just another book that really emphasizes the need for Evangelicals to know Christian history well.
My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/the-rise-of-evangelicalism/
