Evangelicalism in modern Britain: a history from the 1730's to the 1980's

This major textbook is a newly researched historical study of Evangelical religion in its British cultural setting from its inception in the time of John Wesley to charismatic renewal today. The Church of England, the Church of Scotland and the variety of Nonconformist denominations and sects in England, Scotland and Wales are discussed, but the book concentrates on the broad patterns of change affecting all the churches. It shows the great impact of the Evangelical movement on nineteenth-century Britain, accounts for its resurgence since the Second World War and argues that developments in the ideas and attitudes of the movement were shaped most by changes in British culture. The contemporary interest in the phenomenon of Fundamentalism, especially in the United States, makes the book especially timely. Book Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 7 EVANGELICALISM IN MODERN BRITAIN......Page 10 [1] Preaching the Gospel: The Nature of Evangelical Religion......Page 11 EVANGELICAL CHARACTERISTICS......Page 12 CONVERSIONISM......Page 15 ACTIVISM......Page 20 BIBLICISM......Page 22 CRUCICENTRISM......Page 24 THE BACKGROUND......Page 27 [2] Knowledge of the Lord: The Early Evangelical Movement......Page 30 VARIETIES OF EVANGELICALISM......Page 37 CONTINUITY WITH THE PAST......Page 44 DISCONTINUITY WITH THE REFORMED TRADITION......Page 45 THE DOCTRINE OF ASSURANCE......Page 52 THE INFLUENCE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT......Page 60 RESISTANCE TO ENLIGHTENMENT......Page 64 ENLIGHTENMENT ASSUMPTIONS......Page 66 OPTIMISM......Page 69 MODERATE CALVINISM......Page 72 PRAGMATISM......Page 74 LITERATURE......Page 76 HUMANITARIANISM......Page 79 POLITICS......Page 81 THE RISE OF EVANGELICALISM......Page 83 [3] A Troubling of the Water: Developments in the Early Nineteenth Century......Page 85 THE STRATEGY OF MISSION......Page 86 THE REVIVAL OF CALVINISM......Page 87 EDWARD IRVING......Page 88 THE INFLUENCE OF ROMANTICISM......Page 90 MILLENARIANISM......Page 91 THE ADVENT HOPE......Page 93 VARIETIES OF PREMILLENNIALISM......Page 94 THE INSPIRATION OF SCRIPTURE......Page 96 BIBLICAL LITERALISM......Page 98 TOWARDS FUNDAMENTALISM......Page 99 SUPERNATURAL INTERVENTION......Page 100 DOCTRINAL REFORMULATION......Page 102 HIGH CHURCHMANSHIP......Page 104 CHURCH AND DISSENT......Page 107 A DEFENSIVE POSTURE......Page 108 ANTI-CATHOLICISM......Page 110 AN OUTLOOK OF PESSIMISM......Page 112 [4] The Growth of the Word: Evangelicals and Society in the Nineteenth Century......Page 115 THE 1851 RELIGIOUS CENSUS......Page 117 SOCIAL CLASS......Page 119 NON-CHURCHGOING......Page 122 REVIVALISM......Page 124 METHODS OF EVANGELISM......Page 127 PHILANTHROPY......Page 130 EDUCATION......Page 133 SOCIAL PRESSURES......Page 135 ATTRACTIONS OF CHURCHGOING......Page 137 A STYLE OF LIVING......Page 139 PRESSURE FOR REFORM......Page 142 INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT......Page 147 THE DECAY OF EVANGELICAL ASCENDANCY......Page 151 THEOLOGICAL CHANGE......Page 153 THE IMPACT OF HIGH CHURCHMANSHIP......Page 156 THE EVANGELICAL CENTURY......Page 159 [5] Holiness unto the Lord: Keswick and its Context in the Later Nineteenth Century......Page 161 THE METHODIST HOLINESS TRADITION......Page 163 QUAKER SPIRITUALITY......Page 165 BRETHREN TEACHING......Page 167 THE MILDMAY CIRCLE......Page 169 THE REVIVALIST BACKGROUND......Page 171 THE AMERICAN INFLUENCE......Page 174 THE CULTURAL CONTEXT......Page 175 A ROMANTIC MOVEMENT......Page 177 OVERCOMING THE CALVINIST CRITIQUE......Page 178 REMODELLING THE METHODIST TRADITION......Page 181 AFFINITIES OF HOLINESS......Page 183 THE BRITISH HOLINESS MOVEMENT......Page 186 [6] Walking Apart: Conservative and Liberal Evangelicals in the Early Twentieth Century......Page 190 THE RISE OF BIBLICAL CRITICISM......Page 193 OPPOSITION TO BIBLICAL CRITICISM......Page 195 VERBAL INSPIRATION AND INERRANCY......Page 197 THE CHRISTIAN HOPE......Page 200 HEIGHTENED SPIRITUALITY......Page 203 BROADENING THEOLOGY......Page 207 RISING CHURCHMANSHIP......Page 211 SCIENCE AND RELIGION......Page 216 THE USE OF LEISURE......Page 217 THE SOCIAL GOSPEL......Page 220 THE GREAT REVERSAL......Page 223 FUNDAMENTALIST CONTROVERSIES......Page 225 MODERATION......Page 229 THE ANATOMY OF CONSERVATIVE EVANGELICALISM......Page 232 THE INTERWAR DIVERGENCE......Page 235 [7] The Spirit Poured Out: Springs of the Charismatic Movement......Page 237 CHARISMATIC ORIGINS......Page 239 THE RISE OF CULTURAL MODERNISM......Page 241 THE OXFORD GROUP......Page 242 SELF-EXPRESSION......Page 243 COMMUNITY AND LIFESTYLE......Page 245 ORGANISATION AND AUTHORITY......Page 246 THE CHARISMATIC STYLE......Page 248 INSIGHT AND EXPERIENCE......Page 250 COMMUNITY AND CREATIVITY......Page 251 STRUCTURE AND AUTHORITY......Page 252 SUPPORT FOR THE CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT......Page 253 CHARISMATICS AND EVANGELICALS......Page 254 [8] Into a Broad Place: Evangelical Resurgence in the Later Twentieth Century......Page 257 THE RANGE OF EVANGELICAL OPINION......Page 259 LIBERALS AND CENTRISTS......Page 260 A CLIMATE OF SERIOUSNESS......Page 261 THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT......Page 263 CONSERVATIVE EVANGELICAL STRENGTHS......Page 265 THE REALM OF SCHOLARSHIP......Page 267 REFORMED AND SECTARIAN WINGS......Page 269 INTO THE WORLD......Page 271 GROWING PAINS......Page 275 LOOKING TO THE FUTURE......Page 278 [9] Time and Chance: Evangelicalism and Change......Page 279 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES......Page 285 CHAPTER 1: PREACHING THE GOSPEL......Page 286 CHAPTER 2: KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD......Page 291 CHAPTER 4: THE GROWTH OF THE WORD......Page 317 CHAPTER 5: HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD......Page 331 CHAPTER 6: WALKING APART......Page 339 CHAPTER 7: THE SPIRIT POURED OUT......Page 350 CHAPTER 8: INTO A BROAD PLACE......Page 356 CHAPTER 9: TIME AND CHANCE......Page 361 Index......Page 363

Since the 1730s Evangelicalism has been an important religious tradition in Britain. It moulded society in the nineteenth century and was itself transformed by the cultural forces at work in society. This major textbook is a newly researched historical study of Evangelical religion in its British cultural setting from its inception in the time of John Wesley to charismatic renewal today. The Church of England, the Church of Scotland and the variety of Nonconformist denominations and sects in England, Scotland and Wales are discussed, but the book concentrates on the broad patterns of change affecting all the churches. It shows the great impact of the Evangelical movement on nineteenth-century Britain, accounts for its resurgence since the Second World War and argues that developments in the ideas and attitudes of the movement were shaped most by changes in British culture. The contemporary interest in the phenomenon of Fundamentalism, especially in the United States, makes the book especiallytimely.

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Bebbington presents a newly researched historical study of Evangelical religion in its British cultural setting. Focusing on patterns of change affecting all churches, it details how the movement has been moulded by British culture.