When Benjamin Franklin Met the Reverend Whitefield: Enlightenment, Revival, and the Power of the Printed Word
(Part of the Witness to History Series and Witness to History Series)
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In the 1740s, two quite different developments revolutionized Anglo-American life and thought--the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening. This book takes an encounter between the paragons of each movement--the printer and entrepreneur Benjamin Franklin and the British-born revivalist George Whitefield--as an opportunity to explore the meaning of the beginnings of modern science and rationality on one hand and evangelical religious enthusiasm on...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1421403129
ISBN13:9781421403120
Release Date:November 2011
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:168 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.4" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 to 22 years
Grade Range:Postsecondary
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