Overview
In this work, Rawlyk examines the remarkable growth and evolution of ""radical evangelicalism"" in what is now English-speaking Canada, 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. Relative 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 a 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 19th and 20th 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. ""The Canada fire"" is not only a book about the distant past. It also attempts to throw light on the changing face of Canadian Protestantism in general, and Canadian evangelicalism in particular.
Full Product Details
Author: George A. Rawlyk
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.482kg
ISBN: 9780773512214
ISBN 10: 0773512217
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 29 July 1994
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: Out of stock 
Table of Contents
"Part 1 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. Part 2 The evolving radical evangelical ethos of Canada - from Nova Scotia to upper Canada and back: The Nova Scotia new lights - from the bottom up, 1785-1793; The Canada fire - methodist radical evangelicalism in upper Canada, 1784-1812; ""A total revolution in religious and civil government"" - the evolving radical evangelical ethos of British North America, 1775-1812 Part 3 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."
Reviews
"""This remarkable account should make historians of the United States rethink assumptions that populist religion was premised on commitments to democratic politics."" George Marsden, Department of History, University of Notre Dame. ""The detailed and vivid pictures of the men and women who were the heart and soul of Canadian radical evangelicalism combined with the descriptive analysis of the movement's key institutions will keep students of the subject, whether academics or evangelical clerics, coming back to this work."" Allen P. Stouffer, Department of History, St Francis Xavier University."
This remarkable account should make historians of the United States rethink assumptions that populist religion was premised on commitments to democratic politics. George Marsden, Department of History, University of Notre Dame. The detailed and vivid pictures of the men and women who were the heart and soul of Canadian radical evangelicalism combined with the descriptive analysis of the movement's key institutions will keep students of the subject, whether academics or evangelical clerics, coming back to this work. Allen P. Stouffer, Department of History, St Francis Xavier University.
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