George Whitefield: America's Spiritual Founding Father
Thomas S. Kidd
Abstract
In the years prior to the American Revolution, George Whitefield was the most famous man in the colonies. This biography explores the extraordinary career of the most influential figure in the first generation of Anglo-American evangelical Christianity, examining his sometimes troubling stands on the pressing issues of the day, both secular and spiritual, and his relationships with such famous contemporaries as Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and John Wesley. Based on studies of Whitefield's original sermons, journals, and letters, this history chronicles the phenomenal rise of the trailb ... More
Keywords: evangelicals, George Whitefield, American Revolution, Christianity, Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, Great Awakening, religious disputes
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2014 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300181623 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: January 2015 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300181623.001.0001 |
