The Canada fire : radical Evangelicalism in British North America, 1775-1812 / G.A. Rawlyk. [print]

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Rawlyk, George A [Author]

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unmediated

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9780773512214
9780773512771

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BR1642
BR1642.R261.C363 1994

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William Black (1760-1834): Methodist new light? -- David George (1743-1810): Black Nova Scotian New Light Baptist -- Freeborn Garrettson (1752-1827): a Methodist New Light -- Harris Harding (1761-1854): An Allinite New Light indeed -- The evolving radical evangelical ethos of Canada: from Nova Scotia to Upper Canada and back. The Nova Scotian New Lights: form the bottom up, 1785-1793 -- The Canada fire: Mainethodist radical evangelicalism in Upper Canad, 1784-1812 -- "A total revolution in religious and civil government": the evolving radical evangelical ethos of British North America, 1775-1812 -- The evangelical rituals: camp meetings, believer's baptism, and the long communion. "A powerful means of awakening and converting souls": the Hay Bay camp meeting, September 1805 -- The rage for dipping: Joseph Crandall, Elijah Estabrooks, and believer's baptism, 1795-1800 -- New Lights, Presbyterians, James MacGregor, and Nova Scotia's first long communion, July 1788.

Subject: G.A. Rawlyk examines the remarkable growth and evolution of "radical evangelicalism" in British North America from the American Revolution to the War of 1812. He argues that radical evangelicalism was the leading edge of Protestantism and was more democratic and populist than contemporary evangelicalism in the United States. --from publisher description.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BR1642.C2R385 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001495551

The radical evangelical paradigm established: the maritime experience. Henry Alline (1748-1784): the shaping of the conversion paradigm -- William Black (1760-1834): Methodist new light? -- David George (1743-1810): Black Nova Scotian New Light Baptist -- Freeborn Garrettson (1752-1827): a Methodist New Light -- Harris Harding (1761-1854): An Allinite New Light indeed -- The evolving radical evangelical ethos of Canada: from Nova Scotia to Upper Canada and back. The Nova Scotian New Lights: form the bottom up, 1785-1793 -- The Canada fire: Mainethodist radical evangelicalism in Upper Canad, 1784-1812 -- "A total revolution in religious and civil government": the evolving radical evangelical ethos of British North America, 1775-1812 -- The evangelical rituals: camp meetings, believer's baptism, and the long communion. "A powerful means of awakening and converting souls": the Hay Bay camp meeting, September 1805 -- The rage for dipping: Joseph Crandall, Elijah Estabrooks, and believer's baptism, 1795-1800 -- New Lights, Presbyterians, James MacGregor, and Nova Scotia's first long communion, July 1788.

G.A. Rawlyk examines the remarkable growth and evolution of "radical evangelicalism" in British North America from the American Revolution to the War of 1812. He argues that radical evangelicalism was the leading edge of Protestantism and was more democratic and populist than contemporary evangelicalism in the United States. --from publisher description.

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