When Benjamin Franklin Met the Reverend Whitefield Enlightenment, Revival, and the Power of the Printed Word |
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| Author:
| Hoffer, Peter Charles |
| Series title: | Witness to History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-0311-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $132.00 |
Book Description:
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In the 1740s, two quite different developments revolutionized Anglo-American life and thought -- the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening. This book takes an encounter between the paragons of each movement -- the printer and entrepreneur Benjamin Franklin and the British-born revivalist George Whitefield -- as an opportunity to explore the ......
In the 1740s, two quite different developments revolutionized Anglo-American life and thought -- the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening. This book takes an encounter between the paragons of each movement -- the printer and entrepreneur Benjamin Franklin and the British-born revivalist George Whitefield -- as an opportunity to explore the ......