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PublisherPennsylvania STATE University Press

ISBN-100271092858

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Number of Pages306 Pages

Publication NameBible in Early Transatlantic Pietism and Evangelicalism

LanguageEnglish

SubjectModern / 18th Century, Europe / Germany, Christianity / General, North America

Publication Year2022

TypeTextbook

AuthorJan Stievermann

Subject AreaReligion, History

SeriesPietist, Moravian, and Anabaptist Studies

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight19.1 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

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LCCN2022-005959

Reviews"The Bible in Early Transatlantic Pietism and Evangelicalism is a pioneering work for its thorough exploitation of primary sources revealing how major Pietist and evangelical figures (and others less well known) approached the Bible-sustaining some traditions from earlier Protestantism, responding in part to the intellectual conventions of the Enlightenment, but also promoting innovations of enduring significance in using Scripture." -Mark Noll, author of Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction "The essays in The Bible in Early Transatlantic Pietism and Evangelicalism take a creative and to some extent new or overlooked approach to the relationship between the two diverse, though often parallel, faith traditions, Pietist and evangelical, viewed in transatlantic connection." -Bill Leonard, author of A Sense of the Heart: Christian Religious Experience in the U.S., " The Bible in Early Transatlantic Pietism and Evangelicalism is a pioneering work for its thorough exploitation of primary sources revealing how major Pietist and evangelical figures (and others less well known) approached the Bible--sustaining some traditions from earlier Protestantism, responding in part to the intellectual conventions of the Enlightenment, but also promoting innovations of enduring significance in using Scripture." --Mark Noll, author of Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction, ". . . an important and deeply learned work." --Boyd Stanley Schlenther The Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society, "The essays in The Bible in Early Transatlantic Pietism and Evangelicalism take a creative and to some extent new or overlooked approach to the relationship between the two diverse, though often parallel, faith traditions, Pietist and evangelical, viewed in transatlantic connection." --Bill Leonard, author of A Sense of the Heart: Christian Religious Experience in the U.S., "The essays in The Bible in Early Transatlantic Pietism and Evangelicalism take a creative and to some extent new or overlooked approach to the relationship between the two diverse, though often parallel, faith traditions, Pietist and evangelical, viewed in transatlantic connection." --Bill Leonard,author of A Sense of the Heart: Christian Religious Experience in the U.S., " The Bible in Early Transatlantic Pietism and Evangelicalism is a pioneering work for its thorough exploitation of primary sources revealing how major Pietist and evangelical figures (and others less well known) approached the Bible--sustaining some traditions from earlier Protestantism, responding in part to the intellectual conventions of the Enlightenment, but also promoting innovations of enduring significance in using Scripture." --Mark Noll,author of Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction, "With its transatlantic approach, the volume makes an important contribution to research dealing with the Bible, pietism, and early evangelicalism, and stimulates research into biblical interpretation and on dealing with the Bible among neo-pietists and evangelicals in modern times." --Jan van de Kamp Church History

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Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal270.82

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Ryan P. Hoselton Part 1: Commentators and Commentaries 1. Bible Editions, Translations, and Commentaries in German Pietism Douglas H. Shantz 2. Biblical Aids, Editions, Translations, and Commentaries by Dissenters, Methodists, and Church of England Evangelicals in Eighteenth-Century England Isabel Rivers Part 2: Historical Trajectories and Transitions 3. Early Modern Dutch Reformed Exegesis and Its Pietist-Evangelical Reception Adriaan C. Neele 4. Reading the Bible: John Owen and Early Evangelical "Biblicism" Crawford Gribben 5. Bible Politics and Early Evangelicalism: nScriptural Submission and Resistance in Nonconformist Commentary Robert E. Brown 6. The Bible in Early Pietist and Evangelical Missions Ryan P. Hoselton Part 3: Interpretive Approaches, Issues, and Debates 7. The Evangelical Supernatural in Early Modern British Protestantism: Cotton Mather and Jonathan Edwards on the Miracles of Jesus Douglas A. Sweeney 8. Lay Appropriations and Female Interpretations of the Bible in German Pietism Ruth Albrecht 9. "My Beloved Is White and Ruddy": Particular Baptist Readings of the Song of Songs in the Long Eighteenth Century Michael A. G. Haykin 10. Cotton Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and the Relationship Between Historical and Spiritual Exegesis in Early Evangelicalism Kenneth P. Minkema 11. Reading Revelation and Revelatory Readings in Early Awakened Protestantism: A Transatlantic Comparison Jan Stievermann Part 4: The Bible and Lived Religion 12. "At Any Price Give Me the Book of God!": Devotional Intent and Bible Reading for the Early Evangelicals Bruce Hindmarsh 13. Spirit of the Word: Scripture in the Lives of Evangelical and Moravian Women in the New World, 1730-1830 Benjamin M. Pietrenka and Marilyn J. Westerkamp 14. Moravians and the Bible in the Atlantic World: The Case of the Daily Watchwords in Bethlehem, PA, 1742-1745 Peter Vogt Conclusion Douglas A. Sweeney, Jan Stievermann, and Ryan P. Hoselton List of Contributors Index of Scripture General Index

SynopsisThis collection of essays showcases the variety and complexity of early awakened Protestant biblical interpretation and practice while highlighting the many parallels, networks, and exchanges that connected the Pietist and evangelical traditions on both sides of the Atlantic. A yearning to obtain from the Word spiritual knowledge of God that was at once experiential and practical lay at the heart of the Pietist and evangelical quest for true religion, and it significantly shaped the courses and legacies of these movements. The myriad ways in which Pietists and evangelicals read, preached, translated, and practiced the Bible were inextricable from how they fashioned new forms of devotion, founded institutions, engaged the early Enlightenment, and made sense of their world. This volume provides breadth and texture to the role of Scripture in these related religious traditions. The contributors probe an assortment of primary source material from various confessional, linguistic, national, and regional traditions and feature well-known figures--including August Hermann Francke, Cotton Mather, and Jonathan Edwards--alongside lesser-known lay believers, women, people of color, and so-called radicals and separatists. Pioneering and collaborative, this volume contributes fresh insight into the history of the Bible and the entangled religious cultures of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Along with the editors, the contributors to this volume include Ruth Albrecht, Robert E. Brown, Crawford Gribben, Bruce Hindmarsh, Kenneth P. Minkema, Adriaan C. Neele, Benjamin M. Pietrenka, Isabel Rivers, Douglas H. Shantz, Peter Vogt, and Marilyn J. Westerkamp., This collection of essays showcases the variety and complexity of early awakened Protestant biblical interpretation and practice, while highlighting the many parallels, networks, and exchanges that connected the Pietist and evangelical traditions on both sides of the Atlantic. A yearning to obtain from the Word spiritual knowledge of God that was at once experiential and practical lay at the heart of the Pietist and evangelical quest for true religion, and it significantly shaped the courses and legacies of these movements. The myriad ways that Pietists and evangelicals read, preached, translated, and practiced the Bible were inextricable from how they fashioned new forms of devotion, founded institutions, engaged the early Enlightenment, and made sense of their world. This volume provides breadth and texture to the role of Scripture in these related religious traditions. The contributors probe an assortment of primary source material from various confessional, linguistic, national, and regional traditions and feature well-known figures-including August Hermann Francke, Cotton Mather, and Jonathan Edwards-alongside lesser-known lay believers, women, people of color, and so-called radicals and separatists. Pioneering and collaborative, this volume contributes fresh insight into the history of the Bible and the entangled religious cultures of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Along with the editors, the contributors to this volume include Ruth Albrecht, Robert E. Brown, Crawford Gribben, Bruce Hindmarsh, Kenneth P. Minkema, Adriaan C. Neele, Benjamin M. Pietrenka, Isabel Rivers, Douglas H. Shantz, Peter Vogt, and Marilyn J. Westerkamp., A collection of essays exploring the variety and complexity of biblical interpretation and practice among early awakened Protestants, providing insight into the history of the Bible and the entangled religious cultures of the eighteenth-century North Atlantic world.

LC Classification NumberBR1640.B49 2022