Canada Fire: Radical Evangelicalism in British North America, 1775-1812Relative to evangelicalism elsewhere in the English-speaking world, radical evangelicalism in Canada was defined centrally (often almost exclusively) by the New Birth experience or by similar experiences, such as sanctification. Over time, however, there has been significant change regarding the centre of Canadian evangelicalism. This change, sometimes gradual and sometimes sudden, is of crucial importance in understanding all aspects of evolving Canadian Protestantism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Prominent preachers such as Henry Alline, William Black, David George, Freeborn Garrettson, and Harris Harding as well as rank-and-file evangelists figure in The Canada Fire. Through letters, diaries, and autobiographies the actors and actresses in this unfolding religious drama speak for themselves, and their voices are permeated with vulnerability and honesty. The Canada Fire is not only a book about the distant past; it also throws light on the changing face of Canadian Protestantism in general, and Canadian evangelicalism in particular. |
Contents
PART ONE THE RADICAL EVANGELICAL PARADIGM | 3 |
Methodist New Light? | 19 |
Black Nova Scotian | 33 |
An Allinite New Light | 58 |
From the Bottom | 77 |
Methodist Radical Evangelicalism | 102 |
PART THREE | 141 |
Joseph Crandall Elijah | 162 |
MAYA SHATZMILLER | xxiii |
Islam and the Quest for Identity in PostCommunist | 24 |
AMILA BUTUROVIĆ | 56 |
Chosen Trauma | 86 |
The Past and Future of Bosnias | 98 |
Key Decisions in Making Peace | 136 |
Distraction Disinterest | 161 |
Some Policy Dilemmas 176 | 176 |
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Canada Fire: Radical Evangelicalism in British North America, 1775-1812 George A. Rawlyk Limited preview - 1994 |
The Canada Fire: Radical Evangelicalism in British North America, 1775-1812 George A. Rawlyk No preview available - 1994 |
Canada Fire: Radical Evangelicalism in British North America, 1775-1812 George A. Rawlyk No preview available - 1994 |
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