Author: John Newton
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Languages : en
Pages : 174
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The life of the rev. John Newton, written by himself. To which some further particulars are added
Author: John Newton
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Pages : 174
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Amazing Grace in John Newton
Author: William E. Phipps
Publisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865548688
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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In "Amazing Grace," the best-loved of all hymns, John Newton's allusions to the drama of his life tell the story of a youth who was a virtual slave in Sierra Leone before ironically becoming a slave trader himself. Liverpool, his home port, was the center of the most colossal, lucrative, and inhumane slave trade the world has ever known. A gradual spiritual awakening transformed Newton into an ardent evangelist and antislavery activist.Influenced by Methodists George Whitefield and John Wesley, Newton became prominent among those favoring a Methodist-style revival in the Church of England. This movement stressed personal conversion, simple worship, emotional enthusiasm, and social justice. While pastor of a poor flock in Olney, he and poet William Cowper produced a hymnal containing such perennial favorites as "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" and "God Moves in a Mysterious Way." Later, while serving a church in London, Newton raised British consciousness on the immorality of the slave trade. The account he gave to Parliament of the atrocities he had witnessed helped William Wilberforce obtain legislation to abolish the slave trade in England.Newton's life story convinced many who are "found" after being "lost" to sing Gospel hymns as they lobbied for civil rights legislation. His close involvement with both capitalism and evangelicalism, the main economic and religious forces of his era, provide a fascinating case study of the relationship of Christians to their social environment. In an afterword on Newtonian Christianity, Phipps explains Newton's critique of Karl Marx's thesis that religious ideals are always the effect of what produces the most profit. Phipps relies on accountsNewton gives in his ship journal, diary, letters, and sermons for this most readable scholarly narrative.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865548688
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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In "Amazing Grace," the best-loved of all hymns, John Newton's allusions to the drama of his life tell the story of a youth who was a virtual slave in Sierra Leone before ironically becoming a slave trader himself. Liverpool, his home port, was the center of the most colossal, lucrative, and inhumane slave trade the world has ever known. A gradual spiritual awakening transformed Newton into an ardent evangelist and antislavery activist.Influenced by Methodists George Whitefield and John Wesley, Newton became prominent among those favoring a Methodist-style revival in the Church of England. This movement stressed personal conversion, simple worship, emotional enthusiasm, and social justice. While pastor of a poor flock in Olney, he and poet William Cowper produced a hymnal containing such perennial favorites as "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" and "God Moves in a Mysterious Way." Later, while serving a church in London, Newton raised British consciousness on the immorality of the slave trade. The account he gave to Parliament of the atrocities he had witnessed helped William Wilberforce obtain legislation to abolish the slave trade in England.Newton's life story convinced many who are "found" after being "lost" to sing Gospel hymns as they lobbied for civil rights legislation. His close involvement with both capitalism and evangelicalism, the main economic and religious forces of his era, provide a fascinating case study of the relationship of Christians to their social environment. In an afterword on Newtonian Christianity, Phipps explains Newton's critique of Karl Marx's thesis that religious ideals are always the effect of what produces the most profit. Phipps relies on accountsNewton gives in his ship journal, diary, letters, and sermons for this most readable scholarly narrative.
The Works of the Reverend John Newton ... With a Life of the Author by the Rev. Richard Cecil, Etc. [With Plates, Including a Portrait.].
Author: John NEWTON (Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 1198
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Pages : 1198
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Pages : 582
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The African Slave Trade and Its Suppression
Author: Peter Hogg
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317792351
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 429
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A comprehensive bibliography dealing specifically with African slave trade. This volume has been sub-classified for easier consultation and the compiler has provided, where possible, descriptions and comments on the works listed.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317792351
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 429
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A comprehensive bibliography dealing specifically with African slave trade. This volume has been sub-classified for easier consultation and the compiler has provided, where possible, descriptions and comments on the works listed.
Panoplist, and Missionary Magazine
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Category : Congregational churches
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Pages : 598
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The Panoplist (and Missionary magazine) conducted by an association of friends to evangelical truth
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Pages : 596
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Pages : 596
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The Panoplist, and Missionary Magazine United
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Christian Biography: Archbishop Leighton, Philip Henry, John Newton, Cotton Mather
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Category : Christian biography
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Category : Christian biography
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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