When Benjamin Franklin Met the Reverend Whitefield : Enlightenment, Revival, ...

Description: When Benjamin Franklin Met the Reverend Whitefield : Enlightenment, Revival, and the Power of the Printed Word, Hardcover by Hoffer, Peter Charles, ISBN 1421403110, ISBN-13 9781421403113, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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 the other. There are people who both represent the times in which they live and change them for the better. Franklin and Whitefield were two such men. The morning that they met, they formed a long and lucrative partnership: Whitefield provided copies of his journals and sermons, Franklin published them. So began one of the most unique, mutually profitable, and influential friendships in early American history. By focusing this study on Franklin and Whitefield, Peter Charles Hoffer defines with great precision the importance of the Anglo-American Atlantic World of the eighteenth century in American history. With a swift and persuasive narrative, Hoffer introduces readers to the respective life story of each man, examines in engaging detail the central themes of their early writings, and concludes with a description of the last years of their collaboration. Franklin’s and Whitefield’s intellectual contributions reach into our own time, making Hoffer's readable and enjoyable account of these extraordinary men and their extraordinary friendship relevant today. Also in the Witness to History series The Huron-Wendat Feast of the Dead: Indian-European Encounters in Early North America by Erik R. Seeman King Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty by Daniel R. Mandell The Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull Hoffer Bloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations by Tim Lehman

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Book Title: When Benjamin Franklin Met the Reverend Whitefield : Enlightenmen

Number of Pages: 168 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: When Benjamin Franklin Met the Reverend Whitefield : Enlightenment, Revival, and the Power of the Printed Word

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Year: 2011

Subject: Modern / 18th Century, Christianity / History, Christian Church / History, United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), History, Christian Ministry / Evangelism, United States / General, Historical, Science & Technology

Item Height: 0.7 in

Item Weight: 12 Oz

Type: Textbook

Item Length: 9 in

Subject Area: Religion, Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

Author: Peter Charles Hoffer

Item Width: 6 in

Series: Witness to History Ser.

Format: Hardcover