The Literary Churchman
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Page : 524 pages
File Size : 49,82 MB
Release : 1857
Category : Christianity
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Page : 524 pages
File Size : 49,82 MB
Release : 1857
Category : Christianity
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Author : Nathaniel John HOLLINGSWORTH
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Page : 218 pages
File Size : 32,99 MB
Release : 1822
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Page : 584 pages
File Size : 17,45 MB
Release : 1857
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Author : James Bain (fl. 1817-1839.)
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Page : 76 pages
File Size : 23,35 MB
Release : 1857
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Author : Doreen Rosman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 12,89 MB
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1725246511
Nineteenth-century evangelicals have often been dismissed as anti-intellectual and philistine. This book draws on periodicals, memoirs, and letters to discover how far this was true of British evangelicals between 1790 and 1833. It examines their leisure pursuits along with their enjoyment of art, music, literature, and study, and concludes that they shared the thought and taste of their contemporaries to a far greater extent than is usually acknowledged. What is more, their theology encouraged such activities. Evangelicals regarded recreations which engaged the mind or which could be pursued within the safety of the home as more concordant with spirituality than "sensual" or "worldly" pleasures. Nevertheless, their faith did militate against culture and learning. Some evangelicals dismissed all non-religious pursuits as "vanity," since their deep-rooted otherworldliness made them suspicious of anything that did not contribute to eternal well-being. A new generation adopted a more rigid attitude to the Bible, which made them unwilling to examine new ideas. In the last resort, even the most cultured evangelicals were unable to reconcile their delight in the arts with their world-denying theology.
Author : Doreen M Rosman
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 42,89 MB
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0227900987
Nineteenth-century evangelicals have often been dismissed as antiintellectual and philistine. This book draws on periodicals, memoirs and letters to discover how far this was true of British evangelicals between 1790 and 1833. It examines their leisure pursuits along with their enjoyment of art, music, literature, and study, and concludes that they shared the thought and taste of their contemporaries to a far greater extent than is always acknowledged. What is more, their theology encouraged such activities. Evangelicals regarded recreations which engaged the mind, or which could be pursued within the safety of the home, as more concordant with spirituality than 'sensual' or 'worldly' pleasures. Nevertheless, their faith did militate against culture and learning. Some evangelicals dismissed all nonreligious pursuits as 'vanity', since their deep rooted otherworldliness made them suspicious of anything which did not contribute to eternal well-being. A new generation adopted a more rigid attitude to the Bible, which made them unwilling to examine new ideas. In the last resort, even the most cultured evangelicals were unable to reconcile their delight in the arts with their world-denying theology.
Author : William Stephen Gilly
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Page : 450 pages
File Size : 50,30 MB
Release : 1826
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Page : 904 pages
File Size : 25,30 MB
Release : 1816
Category : Louisville (Ky.)
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Page : 618 pages
File Size : 45,40 MB
Release : 1984
Category : English literature
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Page : 788 pages
File Size : 21,68 MB
Release : 1839
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