A Gathered Church: The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930Oxford University Press, 1978 - 152 Seiten In this provocative volume well-known poet and literary critic Donald Davie examines the dissenting voice in English literature, religion, and politics. Examining the works of writers such as Milton, Charles Blake, and George Eliot; pulpit-orators such as Robert Hall; scientists like Michael Faraday; and political activists such as Joseph Priestley, he considers such questions as: How did their voice develop after their death? And were these dissenters the religious bigots, political time-servers, and artistic philistines they are portrayed as? |
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... called ' English Institutions ' , says of this development : The family has given place here to the massed congregation , and this technique of massed congregations appealed to Dissent in a manner which the Dissenters of the seventeenth ...
... called ' English Institutions ' , says of this development : The family has given place here to the massed congregation , and this technique of massed congregations appealed to Dissent in a manner which the Dissenters of the seventeenth ...
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... called , Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God ' . If his attention is called to the revivals , it cannot be that he should feel instruction there or assurance there , other than what he finds in the Scriptures , with- out ...
... called , Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God ' . If his attention is called to the revivals , it cannot be that he should feel instruction there or assurance there , other than what he finds in the Scriptures , with- out ...
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... called himself a Christian , never went to church . His father replied : " The reason why I do not go to church on Sunday is that I do not know anybody who can teach me anything at church which I want to know . When I lived in London I ...
... called himself a Christian , never went to church . His father replied : " The reason why I do not go to church on Sunday is that I do not know anybody who can teach me anything at church which I want to know . When I lived in London I ...
Inhalt
Lecture | 1 |
Dissent in the Present Century | 91 |
Notes | 109 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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