Hearts in the Wilderness
In this series of interrelated narrative
essays, historian Dr. Ron Southern explores some of
the difficulties of living a righteous life in 18th century Britain and
elsewhere. Using the letters and journals of John
Wesley, Richard Viney and John Cennick, the first hand
accounts of Presbyterian revival, and Moravian congregation and
missionary diaries, he explores the sensibilities of the Christly faced
with the exigencies of living in a world dominated by
Satan. In so doing he also paints a vivid picture of
the denizens of the 18th century street, of a geography where the chapel
extended into the field, where marshes, deserts and woods were real
manifestations of good and evil, and where every action and thought gave an
insight into the battle between heaven and hell.
Religious/Social History
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caroline@nat-bio.com.au
