2,000 Years of Christ's Power Vol. 5
The Age of Enlightenment and Awakening
Published on 14. March 2023
Book
Hardback
664 pages
978-1-5271-0973-5 (ISBN)
Description
How does man think?
Into the Age of Reason came the Evangelical revival through the voices of George Whitefield, John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards. Despite a societal cooling, the work of God through evangelical Preachers awakened and warmed the hearts of many. In every age, Christ's kingdom continues to conquer.
Needham brings us close to our most recent church history and uncovers the shifts in thought that radically altered society's relationship to reason and faith. With the Enlightenment, came a tide of social, economic, and political change that deeply affected the spiritual climate.
Featuring:
* Scientific Revolution
* Immanuel Kant: The philosopher of the Enlightenment
* The French Revolution
* Calvinist-Arminian controversy
* Presbyterianism in the Scottish Highlands
* The Great Awakening
* Russian Orthodoxy
This fifth volume is academically reliable, the accessible humorous style and accompanying glossary makes church history a subject for everyone to benefit from.
"It is a brave historian who tackles the extremely challenging task of writing the 2000-year history of the church. Nick Needham has more than risen to the challenge... well worth the wait"- Michael A.G. Haykin, Professor of Church History, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Into the Age of Reason came the Evangelical revival through the voices of George Whitefield, John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards. Despite a societal cooling, the work of God through evangelical Preachers awakened and warmed the hearts of many. In every age, Christ's kingdom continues to conquer.
Needham brings us close to our most recent church history and uncovers the shifts in thought that radically altered society's relationship to reason and faith. With the Enlightenment, came a tide of social, economic, and political change that deeply affected the spiritual climate.
Featuring:
* Scientific Revolution
* Immanuel Kant: The philosopher of the Enlightenment
* The French Revolution
* Calvinist-Arminian controversy
* Presbyterianism in the Scottish Highlands
* The Great Awakening
* Russian Orthodoxy
This fifth volume is academically reliable, the accessible humorous style and accompanying glossary makes church history a subject for everyone to benefit from.
"It is a brave historian who tackles the extremely challenging task of writing the 2000-year history of the church. Nick Needham has more than risen to the challenge... well worth the wait"- Michael A.G. Haykin, Professor of Church History, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Reviews / Votes
"As always, Needham remains attentive to the big picture, yet he also manages to maintain a grasp of the lesser known details throughout. Especially notable is Needham's inclusion of the Eastern and Russian Orthodox Church. Highly recommended.
"Jonathan Master
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As he assesses the European Enlightenment, evangelical revivals ... and developments within Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy from his consistently Reformed perspective, Needham provides illuminating reading for those who share that perspective, but perhaps even more for those who do not.
"Mark A. Noll
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... helpfully delineates the variegated state of professing Christendom in this crucial era with magisterial vim and verve. Highly recommended!
"Michael A. G. Haykin
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These volumes should be compulsory reading, first for pastors and elders called to teach and defend the faith, but also for Christians in general who desire to deepen their knowledge of the Saviour's power throughout the church's history.
"Ian Hamilton
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Tain
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 42 mm
Weight
930 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5271-0973-5 (9781527109735)
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Person
Nick Needham is a Church History lecturer at Highland Theological College in Dingwall. Previous to this, he taught Systematic Theology at the Scottish Baptist College in Glasgow. From 2004 to 2021, he was the minister of Inverness Reformed Baptist church. He is author of the highly collectable 2,000 Years of Christ's Power series.