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Evangelicals and Culture (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Evangelicals and Culture (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Nineteenth-century evangelicals have often been dismissed as
antiintellectual and philistine. This book draws on periodicals,
memoirs and letters to discover how far this was true of British
evangelicals between 1790 and 1833. It examines their leisure
pursuits along with their enjoyment of art, music, literature, and
study, and concludes that they shared the thought and taste of
their contemporaries to a far greater extent than is always
acknowledged. What is more, their theology encouraged such
activities. Evangelicals regarded recreations which engaged the
mind, or which could be pursued within the safety of the home, as
more concordant with spirituality than 'sensual' or 'worldly'
pleasures. Nevertheless, their faith did militate against culture
and learning. Some evangelicals dismissed all nonreligious pursuits
as 'vanity', since their deep rooted otherworldliness made them
suspicious of anything which did not contribute to eternal
well-being. A new generation adopted a more rigid attitude to the
Bible, which made them unwilling to examine new ideas.In the last
resort, even the most cultured evangelicals were unable to
reconcile their delight in the arts with their world-denying
theology.
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