Enlightenment Prelate: Benjamin Hoadly, 1676-1761

by William Gibson

Overview

"A reappraisal of the legacy of Benjamin Hoadly, the 18th Century bishop whose liberal and rationalist views had a considerable influence on the English Enlightenment and the American Revolution."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780227679784
Publisher:	James Clarke & Co. Ltd
Publication date:	03/25/2004
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.17(h) x (d)

About the Author

William Gibson, DLitt is Head of the Faculty of Arts at Basingstoke College of Technology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Society of Arts. In 2004 he was made Academic Director for Lifelong Learning at Oxford Brookes University. He has written widely on the post-Restoration Church and society, his most recent books being The Church of England 1688-1832: Unity and Accord (2001) and Religion and Society in England and Wales, 1689-1832 (1998).

Hometown:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Date of Birth:

March 17, 1948

Place of Birth:

Conway, South Carolina

Education:

B.A., University of British Columbia, 1977

Table of Contents

Foreword by James E. Bradley Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Hero and Villain 2. Early Life, 1676-1701 3. Political Apprenticeship in a London Pulpit, 1701-1710 4. Sacheverell, Adversity and Triumph, 1710-1717 5. The Years of the Bangorian Controversy, 1717-21 6. Hereford and Salisbury, 1721-1734 7. Hoadly at Winchester, 1734-1761 Conclusion Appendix: Hoadly in Poetry References Bibliography Index