German Protestants' Interpretations of George Whitefield, 1739-1857
From 1739, Europeans began to publish news reports and theological interpretations of the advent of Methodism, which discussed George Whitefield as one of its leaders. The greatest interest in Methodism from beyond the English-speaking world came from German-speaking Europe. There were three main pe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penn State Univ. Press
[2016]
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Wesley and Methodist studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 99-119 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBB German language area KDD Protestant Church KDE Anglican Church |
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| Summary: | From 1739, Europeans began to publish news reports and theological interpretations of the advent of Methodism, which discussed George Whitefield as one of its leaders. The greatest interest in Methodism from beyond the English-speaking world came from German-speaking Europe. There were three main periods in the reception of Whitefield among eighteenth- and nineteenth-century German Protestant scholars and churchmen: the first in the 1740s, the second in the 1790s, and the third during the Awakening' (Erweckungsbewegung) after the Napoleonic Wars. In each of these periods, Whitefield was perceived to have been a Pietist by both admirers and detractors of Pietism. |
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| ISSN: | 2291-1731 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Wesley and Methodist studies
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