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Reviewed on November 1, 2014 | Arts and Humanities
Kidd (religion, Baylor Univ.; The Great Awakening) aims to push one of the greatest early evangelicals out of the shadows of Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley—and into the limelight of American history. This comprehensive study of George Whitefield's (1714–70) sermons, letters, and journals serves as the foundation of what Kidd introduces as "a scholarly biography that places [Whitefield] fully in the dynamic, fractious milieu of the early evangeli...Log In or Sign Up to Read More