"Fire from the Midst of You": A Religious Life of John BrownNYU Press, 22. des. 2002 - 349 sider Reveals a complex new portrait of John Brown, radical abolitionist and leader of the 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry |
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... finally, white believers who did oppose slavery were a zealous minority on the landscape of Christianity in the United States. 3. John Brown's alleged fanaticism and “monomania” was shared by other 30 3. Revival, Resistance, and ...
... Finally, his era was also notable for communitarian experiments, both religious and secular. The age of revival was also the age of Christ's coming kingdom, and the era of millennial expectation ran the spectrum from mainline ...
... finally closed down by city authorities in early 1821. This formed the context of frustration and offense in which Vesey and others began to gather recruits for the assault on the slave capital. By 1822, black Charleston had a complex ...
... Finally (and perhaps the least interesting to twelve-year-old Stearns), John takes a wife. He does not choose her according to looks (she is “remarkably plain”), but for her neatness, economy, character, practicality, and common sense ...
... finally the millennial era would ensue in North America by the year 2000. Edwards and fellow believers were “awaiting the golden age, definitely not the Judgement.” As he surveyed the spreading revivals of Europe and North America, he ...
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Part III Providence and Principle | 81 |
Part IV In Times of Difficulty | 121 |
Part V Big Difficulties and Firm Footholds | 161 |
Part VI Enduring Hardness | 203 |
VII I Will Raise a Storm | 237 |
A Saints Rest | 279 |
Notes | 285 |
Selected Bibliography | 335 |
Index | 345 |
About the Author
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