Ravished by the Spirit: Religious Revivals, Baptists, and Henry Alline

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1984 - History - 176 pages
Ravished by the Spirit is a sympathetic yet critical account of the profound effect of Nova Scotia preacher Henry Alline and his New Light disciples on the nineteenth-century evangelical ethos of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and neighbouring New England. Alline's pietistic and mystical gospel was influential on the Free Will and Calvinist Baptist Churches and also gave shape and substance to the region's revivalistic tradition. In this provocative discussion of various religious revivals, the author argues that at the heart of these significant social movements lay a collective yearning for intimacy and a desparate search for meaningful relationships.
 

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Alline and New England and the Free Will Baptists
37
Alline Maritime New Lights and Baptists
71
Revivalism and the Maritime Baptist Tradition
107
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