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The dissenters. Volume III, The crisis and conscience of nonconformity / Michael R. Watts.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191744754 (ebook) :.Other title: Crisis and conscience of nonconformity.Subject(s): Dissenters, Religious -- England -- History -- 19th century
| England -- Church history -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Religion -- 19th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198229698DDC classification: 280.4094209034 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This third and final volume of the study of dissent examines the turbulent times of Victorian Nonconformity, a period of faith and of doubt. The book assesses the impacts of the major Dissenting preachers and provides insights into the various movements, such as romanticism and the higher, often German, biblical criticism. It shows that the preaching of hell and eternal damnation was more effective in recruiting to the chapels than the gentler interpretations.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This third and final volume of the study of dissent examines the turbulent times of Victorian Nonconformity, a period of faith and of doubt. The book assesses the impacts of the major Dissenting preachers and provides insights into the various movements, such as romanticism and the higher, often German, biblical criticism. It shows that the preaching of hell and eternal damnation was more effective in recruiting to the chapels than the gentler interpretations.
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