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The accidental revolutionary : George Whitefield and the creation of America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mahaffey, Jerome Dean
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Whitefield, George, > 1714-1770 > Influence.
Whitefield, George, > 1714-1770.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Religious aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Beginnings
  • Launching the ministry
  • A new birth of freedom
  • A revolutionary message
  • Controversy : "I'm just getting started"
  • Bishop bashing
  • New England : overthrow or unify?
  • Between two extremes
  • Good king, bad king
  • Church and state
  • France, Rome, and hell
  • Reprisal from the Church of England
  • The deep laid plot
  • Preaching himself to death
  • Whitefield's legacy
  • A political man.