Religion in Romantic England explores the ways thatĀ theĀ literature of English Christianity shaped the social, cultural, political, and religious life of the nationĀ in texts published between 1760 and 1832.Ā Ā 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 revealsĀ how theological ideas and ecclesial movements influenced one of the most widelyĀ studiedĀ 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.Ā 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,Ā Religion in Romantic EnglandĀ guidesĀ readersĀ inĀ understandingĀ the major historical and theological issues that contributed to the literary, educational, and political movements of theĀ 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 affectĀ our common life to this day.
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Topic
Theology & ReligionSubtopic
British HistoryTable of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements, Series Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Historical Timeline
- Abbreviations for Works Commonly Cited
- Part 1. Divinity
- William Jones (1726-1800): Trinity in Unity
- Joseph Priestley (1733-1804): One God
- William Hazlitt (1737-1820): Mission of Jesus
- Thomas Scott (1747-1821): Faith in Christ
- Samuel Horsley (1733-1806): Antiquity
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822): Atheism
- Renn Dickson Hampden (1793-1868): Mystery
- Part 2. Faith
- George Whitefield (1714-1770): Repentance
- Augustus Toplady (1740-1778): Predestination
- John Fletcher (1729-1785): Free Grace
- Joseph Milner (1744-1797): Salvation in Christ
- Southwood Smith (1788-1861): Divine Government
- Edward Copleston (1776-1849): Fatalism
- Julius Charles Hare (1795-1855): Light and Darkness
- Part 3. Canon
- Sarah Trimmer (1741-1810): Two Books
- Herbert Marsh (1757-1839): Prayer Books
- Isaac Milner (1750-1820): Bible Societies
- Peter Gandolphy (1779-1821): Rule of Faith
- Edward Hawkins (1789-1882): Scripture and Tradition
- Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (1778-1856): Spiritual Interpretation
- Edward Irving (1792-1834): Living Word
- Connop Thirlwall (1797-1875): Biblical Inspiration
- Part 4. Doubt
- George Horne (1730-1792): Miracles
- William Wilberforce (1759-1833): Unbelief
- Robert Hall (1764-1831): Infidelity
- William Paley (1743-1805): Evil
- Richard Whately (1787-1863): Miracles and Testimony
- Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832): Pain and the Afterlife
- Hugh James Rose (1795-1838): Faith and Reason
- Part 5. Enthusiasm
- William Law (1686-1761): Spiritual Life
- William Warburton (1698-1779): Divine Grace
- William Romaine (1714-1795): Spirit and Conscience
- John Foster (1770-1843): Evangelical Intellect
- Leigh Hunt (1784-1859): Dangers of Methodism
- Hannah More (1745-1833): Heart Religion
- Joanna Southcott (1750-1814): Prophecies
- Joseph John Gurney (1788-1847): Pure Christianity
- Part 6. Psalms
- Charles Wesley (1707-1788): Family Hymns
- John Newton (1725-1807) and William Cowper (1731-1800): Light Revealed
- William Wordsworth (1770-1850): English Church
- James Montgomery (1771-1854): Christian Hymnody
- John Keble (1792-1866): Nature's Praise
- Felicia Hemans (1793-1835): Divine Mysteries
- Part 7. Morals
- Henry Venn (1725-1797): Marriage
- Soame Jenyns (1704-1787): Christian Virtue
- Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846): Slavery
- John Wesley (1703-1791): Holy Living
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797): Creation
- Adam Clarke (1762-1832): Tobacco
- Robert Malthus (1766-1834): Chastity
- Part 8. Nation
- Samuel Palmer (1741-1813): English Dissent
- William Stevens (1732-1807): Spiritual Authority
- George Dyer (1755-1841): Religious Subscription
- Edmund Burke (1729/30-1797): Established Church
- Thomas Paine (1737-1809): Toleration
- Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743-1825): National Repentance
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834): The Christian Church
- Part 9. Papacy
- Charles Butler (1750-1832): Catholic Relief
- John Milner (1752ā1826): Papal Authority
- Joseph Blanco White (1775ā1841): Catholic Tyranny
- William Poynter (1762ā1827): Christian Obedience
- Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780ā1862): Rome
- Thomas Arnold (1795ā1842): Irish Catholicism
- Part 10. Outsiders
- Joseph White (ca. 1746ā1814): Christianity and Islam
- William Knox (1732ā1810): Native Americans
- William Carey (1761ā1834): Missionary Call
- Thomas Coke (1747ā1814): Methodism in Africa
- William Carus Wilson (1791ā1859): Heathen Cruelty
- Reginald Heber (1783ā1826): Missions in India
- Francis Henry Goldsmid (1808ā1878): Jewish Emancipation
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