William Buell Sprague's Books

Scottish theologian, educator, astronomer and popularizer of science, Thomas Dick (1774-1857) promoted a Christianized form of science to inhibit secularization, to win converts to Christianity, and to persuade evangelicals that science was sacred. His devotional theology of nature made radical claims for cultural authority. This book presents the first detailed analysis of his life and works. After an extended biographical introduction, Dick's theology of nature is examined within the context of natural theology, and also his views on the plurality of worlds, the nebular hypothesis and geology. Other chapters deal with Dick's use of aesthetics to shape social behaviour for millennial purposes, and with the publishing history of his works, their availability and their reception. In the final part, the author explores Dick's influence in America. His pacifism won him Northern evangelical supporters, while his writings dominated the burgeoning field of popular science, powerfully shaping science's cultural meaning and its uses.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.

Though plagued by illness and death in his family in the years covered here, Garrison strove to win supporters for abolitionism, lecturing and touring with Frederick Douglass. He continued to write for The Liberator and involved himself in many liberal causes; in 1849 he publicized and circulated the earliest petition for women's suffrage.

This four-volume reset edition collects immigrants' letters, immigration guides, newspaper articles, county history biographies, and promotional and advisory pamphlets published by immigrants and travellers, land and railroad companies.

Just in time for the release of Amazing Grace, the movie about the life of William Wilberforce. This edition of his classic book from 1797, Real Christianity, is paraphrased in modern language and made more accessible to contemporary readers. This is the book that helped abolish the slave trade in the United Kingdom and called Christians to live a more authentic life of faith more than two hundred years ago. The timeless truths it contains will speak to readers in fresh ways today. Christians who eschew cultural Christianity in favor of a real faith in Christ, will find the principles here thought-provoking and applicable. The social justice orientation will appeal to readers of Jim Wallis, Os Guinness, Charles Colson, Shane Claiborne, John Perkins, Bono, and Nancy Pearcey. Readers will also find the book is a good litmus test of the authenticity of their own faith.

In this interdisciplinary work, William L. Davis examines Joseph Smith's 1829 creation of the Book of Mormon, the foundational text of the Latter Day Saint movement. Positioning the text in the history of early American oratorical techniques, sermon culture, educational practices, and the passion for self-improvement, Davis elucidates both the fascinating cultural context for the creation of the Book of Mormon and the central role of oral culture in early nineteenth-century America. Drawing on performance studies, religious studies, literary culture, and the history of early American education, Davis analyzes Smith's process of oral composition. How did he produce a history spanning a period of 1,000 years, filled with hundreds of distinct characters and episodes, all cohesively tied together in an overarching narrative? Eyewitnesses claimed that Smith never looked at notes, manuscripts, or books—he simply spoke the words of this American religious epic into existence. Judging the truth of this process is not Davis's interest. Rather, he reveals a kaleidoscope of practices and styles that converged around Smith's creation, with an emphasis on the evangelical preaching styles popularized by the renowned George Whitefield and John Wesley.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1863.

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Observing God

Observing God

Memoir of the Rev. Edward D. Griffin, D. D.

Memoir of the Rev. Edward D. Griffin, D. D.

The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, Volume III: No Union with the Slaveholders

The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison, Volume III: No Union with the Slaveholders

British Immigration to the United States, 1776–1914, Volume 2

British Immigration to the United States, 1776–1914, Volume 2

Real Christianity

Real Christianity

British Immigration to the United States, 17761914

British Immigration to the United States, 17761914

Visions in a Seer Stone

Visions in a Seer Stone

A Sermon Addressed to the Second Presbyterian Congregation in Albany, March 4, 1838, the Sabbath After Intellegence was Received that the Hon. Jonathan Cilley had been Shot in a Duel with the Hon. William J. Graves

A Sermon Addressed to the Second Presbyterian Congregation in Albany, March 4, 1838, the Sabbath After Intellegence was Received that the Hon. Jonathan Cilley had been Shot in a Duel with the Hon. William J. Graves

The Excellent Woman as described in the book of Proverbs

The Excellent Woman as described in the book of Proverbs

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