John Wolffe is professor of religious history at The Open University in England. He is the author and editor of a number of books, including The Protestant Crusade in Great Britain 1829-1869, God and Greater Britain: Religion and National Life in Britain and Ireland 1845-1945, Great Deaths: Grieving, Religion and Nationhood in Victorian and Edwardian Britain, and Evangelical Faith and Public Zeal.
"Wolffe's writing style is clear, concise, and he is able to strike
a balance between listing the necessary facts and figures without
forfeiting excellent prose in the process."
*Dannis M. Swanson, The Master's Seminary Journal, Fall 2008*
The abundant references to art, literature, music, and other
sources are wide-ranging in scope and time. Fortunately, it is
possible to view and even hear many of the artistic works referred
to in the book on the internet. Of course, that turns reading it
into a whole course of cultural musical education! But the fact
that the book incites the reader to want to check out the sources
is an indication of the fascination it arouses.
*Keith C. Sewell, Pro Rege, June 2009*
An excellent survey of evangelicalism at an earlier stage and is
strongly recommended.
*Keith C. Sewell, Pro Rege, June 2009*
. . .contributes to the ongoing discussion of the history of
Evangelical with penetrating insight and judicious detail. Wolffe
does a masterful job in collecting and assembling the massive data
available from this period.
*Josh Gelatt, Ephemeros, January 2008*
Careful reading of this book will reward you with a firm sense of
how valuable Evangelicalism was to the development of our national
character and renew your confidence in our faith.
*Pulpit Helps, November 2007*
"The Expansion of Evangelicalism shows how a protean network of
movements for conversion and renewal moved from the margins of
English-speaking societies toward their centers. Evangelicals took
on new burdens, culminating in campaigns for the abolition of the
slave trade and then slavery itself. John Wolffe makes deft use of
the profuse historical scholarship on evangelicalism to tell a very
complex story with grace and wit."
*Joel Carpenter, Calvin College*
"This is a superb social history of the evangelical movement in the
English-speaking world from 1790 to 1850. It offers a panoramic
overview of the movement as a whole, as well as a series of focused
snapshots of its leading personalities, institutions, spiritual
qualities, corporate worship practices and social outreach efforts.
Wolffe's sure hand and multiple lenses have produced an attractive
album, which is both critical and compelling, of the Anglophone
family of evangelicals."
*Douglas A. Sweeney, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School*
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