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Inventing George Whitefield - Race, Revivalism, and the Making of a Religious Icon (Hardcover)
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Inventing George Whitefield - Race, Revivalism, and the Making of a Religious Icon (Hardcover)
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Evangelicals and scholars of religious history have long recognized
George Whitefield (1714-1770) as a founding father of American
evangelicalism. But Jessica M. Parr argues he was much more than
that. He was an enormously influential figure in Anglo-American
religious culture, and his expansive missionary career can be
understood in multiple ways. Whitefield began as an Anglican
clergyman. Many in the Church of England perceived him as a
radical. In the American South, Whitefield struggled to reconcile
his disdain for the planter class with his belief that slavery was
an economic necessity. Whitefield was drawn to an idealized Puritan
past that was all but gone by the time of his first visit to New
England in 1740. Parr draws from Whitefield's writing and sermons
and from newspapers, pamphlets, and other sources to understand
Whitefield's career and times. She offers new insights into
revivalism, print culture, transatlantic cultural influences, and
the relationship between religious thought and slavery. Whitefield
became a religious icon shaped in the complexities of revivalism,
the contest over religious toleration, and the conflicting role of
Christianity for enslaved people. Proslavery Christians used
Christianity as a form of social control for slaves, whereas
evangelical Christianity's emphasis on ""freedom in the eyes of
God"" suggested a path to political freedom. Parr reveals how
Whitefield's death marked the start of a complex legacy that in
many ways rendered him more powerful and influential after his
death than during his long career.
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