Winner of the 2021 France Jones Prize for Welsh History. The first of a two-volume analysis of theology in Wales, this volume begins with the publication of Bishop William Morgan’s Bible in 1588 and concludes with the first phase of the Evangelical Revival in 1760. It assesses the development of Puritanism and of doctrine within the Church of England, Dissenting theology including Calvinism and Arminianism, the doctrinal vision of Griffith Jones Llanddowror, and the way in which an evangelistically vibrant moderate Calvinism contributed to the rise of the Methodist movement. As well as evaluating thought and ideas, it assesses the contribution of such vivid personalities as Morgan Llwyd, Charles Edwards, James and Jeremy Owen, Daniel Rowland and William Williams Pantycelyn.
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A history of religion in Wales between 1588, when the first complete Welsh Bible was published, and 1760. The book describes the development of Christian thought and how biblical religion evolved in response to social and political change.
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Introduction: The Bible in Welsh Chapter 1 1588–1642 Chapter 2 1642–1660 Chapter 3 1660–1689 Chapter 4 1689–1760 (i) Chapter 5 1689–1760 (ii) Bibliography Index
'Without doubt this book by D. Densil Morgan aptly fills a gap in the historiography of Welsh religion and theology. It may, as the endorsement on the cover claims, address the fact that Welsh theology is ‘almost unknown outside Wales’; but more certainly it brings into one place a summary of the central ideas of Protestant writers, down to the mid-eighteenth century, which together embody a canon of influential Welsh thinking on religion. The author’s method is to provide biographical sketches of his subjects and then summarise the essence of their writings, so that the book is a valuable survey for anyone wishing to discover the principal ideas of a given Protestant author, preacher or polemicist during the period under review.' - Stephen K. Roberts, The English Historical Review, Volume 135, Issue 575, August 2020, Pages 1028–1030
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D. Densil Morgan is Professor Emeritus of Theology in the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, at Lampeter, and was formerly Professor of Theology at Bangor University.

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ISBN
9781786832382
Publisert
2018-04-15
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Wales Press
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

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Biographical note

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