David W. Bebbington has taught at the University of Stirling since 1976. In 2016 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His publications include Evangelicalism in Modern Britain; and, as editor, Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism in the United Kingdom during the Twentieth Century.
Church History
"This book may serve as an excellent and readable introduction to
the life of one of the most remarkable political figures in British
History." Evangelical Quarterly
"A fascinating exploration of the way in which deep Christian faith
inspired and infused the public and private life of a man who
bestrode the Victorian age like a colossus." G. A. Rawlyk
--Queen's University at Kingston
"David Bebbington's William Ewart Gladstone provides not only a
remarkably crafted, empathetic yet critical, biography of the great
nineteenth-century British politician but also a marvelous
historical overview of Victorian Britain. Bebbington has
persuasively argued that Gladstone's High Church Anglican
Christianity profoundly affected his political life and his
evolving political ideology. This richly textured biography should
be required reading for all those interested in the fascinating
problem of how a variety of intense Christian beliefs actually
impinged on nineteenth-century British politics." Andrew F.
Walls
--University of Edinburgh
"An absorbing study in faith and politics, in the relationship of
personal conviction to public activity. Gladstone's career, unusual
alike in its duration and attainments -- and informed by a questing
faith, an impressive intelligence, and prodigious activity -- is an
excellent working model for such a study; and it is hard to think
that anyone could have carried it out better than David Bebbington
has done. Sympathetic but searching, comprehensive but succinct,
his book consistently sustains interest, engages thought, and
provokes reflection."
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