Religion in Romantic England
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Religion in Romantic England

An Anthology of Primary Sources

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Religion in Romantic England

An Anthology of Primary Sources

About this book

Religion in Romantic England explores the ways that the literature of English Christianity shaped the social, cultural, political, and religious life of the nation in texts published between 1760 and 1832. 
 
From the accession of George III and the expansion of Methodism in the late eighteenth century to the Reform Bill and the beginning of the Oxford Movement of the early nineteenth, this anthology reveals how theological ideas and ecclesial movements influenced one of the most widely studied periods in English literature and history. These tumultuous decades brought religious revival in evangelical preaching and spirituality, controversial responses to the French Revolution, the abolition of the slave trade, the struggle over Roman Catholic emancipation, the proliferation of missionary societies, and intellectual battles over the nature of God, the Bible, faith, church authority, and religious pluralism.
 
Religious writers in the Romantic period range from poets and preachers to pamphleteers and theologians. In ten thematic chapters tracing pivotal developments in belief and practice,  Religion in Romantic England guides readers in understanding the major historical and theological issues that contributed to the literary, educational, and political movements of the era. These judicious selections, drawn from a diverse body of luminaries--including William Carey, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, Joseph Priestley, Hannah More, Percy Shelley, and William Wilberforce, among many others--introduce newcomers and established readers alike to the ideas, controversies, and hopes that continue to affect our common life to this day.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements, Series Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. Historical Timeline
  7. Abbreviations for Works Commonly Cited
  8. Part 1. Divinity
  9. William Jones (1726-1800): Trinity in Unity
  10. Joseph Priestley (1733-1804): One God
  11. William Hazlitt (1737-1820): Mission of Jesus
  12. Thomas Scott (1747-1821): Faith in Christ
  13. Samuel Horsley (1733-1806): Antiquity
  14. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822): Atheism
  15. Renn Dickson Hampden (1793-1868): Mystery
  16. Part 2. Faith
  17. George Whitefield (1714-1770): Repentance
  18. Augustus Toplady (1740-1778): Predestination
  19. John Fletcher (1729-1785): Free Grace
  20. Joseph Milner (1744-1797): Salvation in Christ
  21. Southwood Smith (1788-1861): Divine Government
  22. Edward Copleston (1776-1849): Fatalism
  23. Julius Charles Hare (1795-1855): Light and Darkness
  24. Part 3. Canon
  25. Sarah Trimmer (1741-1810): Two Books
  26. Herbert Marsh (1757-1839): Prayer Books
  27. Isaac Milner (1750-1820): Bible Societies
  28. Peter Gandolphy (1779-1821): Rule of Faith
  29. Edward Hawkins (1789-1882): Scripture and Tradition
  30. Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (1778-1856): Spiritual Interpretation
  31. Edward Irving (1792-1834): Living Word
  32. Connop Thirlwall (1797-1875): Biblical Inspiration
  33. Part 4. Doubt
  34. George Horne (1730-1792): Miracles
  35. William Wilberforce (1759-1833): Unbelief
  36. Robert Hall (1764-1831): Infidelity
  37. William Paley (1743-1805): Evil
  38. Richard Whately (1787-1863): Miracles and Testimony
  39. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832): Pain and the Afterlife
  40. Hugh James Rose (1795-1838): Faith and Reason
  41. Part 5. Enthusiasm
  42. William Law (1686-1761): Spiritual Life
  43. William Warburton (1698-1779): Divine Grace
  44. William Romaine (1714-1795): Spirit and Conscience
  45. John Foster (1770-1843): Evangelical Intellect
  46. Leigh Hunt (1784-1859): Dangers of Methodism
  47. Hannah More (1745-1833): Heart Religion
  48. Joanna Southcott (1750-1814): Prophecies
  49. Joseph John Gurney (1788-1847): Pure Christianity
  50. Part 6. Psalms
  51. Charles Wesley (1707-1788): Family Hymns
  52. John Newton (1725-1807) and William Cowper (1731-1800): Light Revealed
  53. William Wordsworth (1770-1850): English Church
  54. James Montgomery (1771-1854): Christian Hymnody
  55. John Keble (1792-1866): Nature's Praise
  56. Felicia Hemans (1793-1835): Divine Mysteries
  57. Part 7. Morals
  58. Henry Venn (1725-1797): Marriage
  59. Soame Jenyns (1704-1787): Christian Virtue
  60. Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846): Slavery
  61. John Wesley (1703-1791): Holy Living
  62. Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797): Creation
  63. Adam Clarke (1762-1832): Tobacco
  64. Robert Malthus (1766-1834): Chastity
  65. Part 8. Nation
  66. Samuel Palmer (1741-1813): English Dissent
  67. William Stevens (1732-1807): Spiritual Authority
  68. George Dyer (1755-1841): Religious Subscription
  69. Edmund Burke (1729/30-1797): Established Church
  70. Thomas Paine (1737-1809): Toleration
  71. Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743-1825): National Repentance
  72. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834): The Christian Church
  73. Part 9. Papacy
  74. Charles Butler (1750-1832): Catholic Relief
  75. John Milner (1752–1826): Papal Authority
  76. Joseph Blanco White (1775–1841): Catholic Tyranny
  77. William Poynter (1762–1827): Christian Obedience
  78. Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780–1862): Rome
  79. Thomas Arnold (1795–1842): Irish Catholicism
  80. Part 10. Outsiders
  81. Joseph White (ca. 1746–1814): Christianity and Islam
  82. William Knox (1732–1810): Native Americans
  83. William Carey (1761–1834): Missionary Call
  84. Thomas Coke (1747–1814): Methodism in Africa
  85. William Carus Wilson (1791–1859): Heathen Cruelty
  86. Reginald Heber (1783–1826): Missions in India
  87. Francis Henry Goldsmid (1808–1878): Jewish Emancipation