Mark A. Noll (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University) is Francis McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. Some of his many books include The Civil War as a Theological Crisis, The New Shape of World Christianity, Is the Reformation Over? and The Old Religion in a New World.
"Carefully researched and well-written analysis. . . . Pleasingly
clear writing style. . . . This book is highly recommended as a
reliable and insightful account of the rise of evangelical
Christianity."
*Mark Hepner, Ashland Theological Journal*
"There is to date no more succinct or accessible an introduction to
the far-flung networks of friendships and rivalries that inspired
these transforming cultural movements."
*The Journal of Religion*
"This remarkable book provides an illuminating synthesis of the
origins of evangelical culture. Noll travels easily across Great
Britain, the European continent and North America, uncovering the
intricate interplay of heroic theologians and their disciples,
transformative ideas, and responsive congregants. He balances
revealing examples against strikingly clear presentations of
theologies within the social and political cultures of instability
that included religious warfare, Atlantic exploration and
settlement, and the rise of commercial capitalism. The result is a
powerful narrative that envisions evangelicalism as the product of
its era as well as an ascendant force that would change radically
the nature of religious culture in Britain and North America."
*Marilyn J. Westerkamp, University of California, Santa Cruz*
"Evangelicalism is heart-religion upheld and propelled by a variety
of aids both temporal and spiritual. The historical form of the
religion we are familiar with is of relatively recent vintage, but
its seeds can be traced to ancient soil. Mark Noll's book describes
the eighteenth-century background of evangelicalism, showing how
its taproot gave us a large trans-Atlantic stem of awakening, and
how that in turn produced a good number of branches and no small
amount of fruit. Without ignoring the bramble mixed with the fruit,
Noll offers an authoritative, surefooted guide through the halls of
fractious contention and unyielding disputations that marked the
origins of evangelical thought. It is clear from his account that
excitement was linked to vigilant wariness and fastidious attention
to ideas. The book is a valuable summary of an important force in
eighteenth-century intellectual thought and ideas."
*Lamin Sanneh, historian of religion, professor at Yale University
and coauthor of Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the
Making of Modern West Africa*
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