In the 1740s, two quite different developments revolutionized
Anglo-American life and thought--the Enlightenment and the Great
Awakening. This book takes an encounter between the paragons of
each movement--the printer and entrepreneur Benjamin Franklin and
the British-born revivalist George Whitefield--as an opportunity to
explore the meaning of the beginnings of modern science and
rationality on one hand and evangelical religious enthusiasm on the
other.
There are people who both represent the times in which they live
and change them for the better. Franklin and Whitefield were two
such men. The morning that they met, they formed a long and
lucrative partnership: Whitefield provided copies of his journals
and sermons, Franklin published them. So began one of the most
unique, mutually profitable, and influential friendships in early
American history.
By focusing this study on Franklin and Whitefield, Peter Charles
Hoffer defines with great precision the importance of the
Anglo-American Atlantic World of the eighteenth century in American
history. With a swift and persuasive narrative, Hoffer introduces
readers to the respective life story of each man, examines in
engaging detail the central themes of their early writings, and
concludes with a description of the last years of their
collaboration.
Franklin's and Whitefield's intellectual contributions reach
into our own time, making Hoffer's readable and enjoyable account
of these extraordinary men and their extraordinary friendship
relevant today.
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