John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace
Autor Jonathan Aitkenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 iun 2023
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781399412841
ISBN-10: 1399412841
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1399412841
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Jonathan Aitken has an excellent reputation as a historical biographer and a huge following in the religious market. This book encompasses both strengths.
Notă biografică
Jonathan Aitken is a former MP and cabinet minister. He is now an author, biographer and broadcaster. In 1995, the court found him guilty of perjury in a celebrated case against the Guardian newspaper and he spent 18 months in Belmarsh Prison. He subsequently studied theology at Oxford and in 2019, he was ordained an Anglican priest. He is now a full-time prison chaplain in London. He is the author of an award-winning biography of President Richard Nixon and has written a number of critically acclaimed books for Bloomsbury Continuum - including a bestselling life of Margaret Thatcher (2013).
Cuprins
Acknowledgements1 A Spiritual Upbringing2 First Steps in Love and Seafaring3 Press-ganged4 Flogged and Degraded5 Exchanged6 Enslaved in Africa7 Rescued by the Greyhound8 Troublemaker and Blasphemer9 In the Shadow of Death10 False Dawns, More Storms and a Safe Landing11 Londonderry, Love and a Liverpool Shipowner12 Adventures on the Brownlow13 Struggles of Books, Body and Soul14 Marriage to Polly15 Captain of the Duke of Argyle16 First Voyage of the African17 The End of a Seafaring Career18 Unemployment, Inspiration and Prayer19 Methodism and Materialism20 Life in Liverpool21 The Call to Ordination22 The First Rejection23 In Suspense24 An Authentic Narrative25 Ordained at Last26 First Impressions of Olney27 Parish Ministry28 Pressure to Move: Praying with Polly29 Prayer and Church History30 Friendship with Cowper31 Creativity and Crisis32 Amazing Grace33 What Happened to Amazing Grace34 Winning Friends and Influencing People35 Meddling in Politics36 Family Life and Health Worries37 Leaving Olney38 Arriving in London39 Family, Friends and Apologia40 The Eclectic Society and the Messiah41 Mentor to William Wilberforce42 Correspondence with Wilberforce43 Abolitionist Campaigner44 Death of Polly45 Declining Years and Continuing Influence46 A Great Sinner and a Great SaviourEpilogueSource NotesBibliographyIndex
Recenzii
Using diaries and correspondence, this biography crosses the boundaries of history and religion, and should appeal to a wide audience.
A rip-roaring adventure, a passionate romance, and astonishing journey of faith all in one.
This fascinating and gripping book makes the life of John Newton come alive for the contemporary reader. There's no hedging on Newton's depravity, nor his utterly passionate devotion to his precious Savior. I highly recommend this excellent work, it's one that will transform not only minds but hearts!
Skilled and colorful biographer that he is, my friend Jonathan Aitken has brought to life one of eighteenth-century England's most influential Christians.
Master biographer Jonathan Aitken is in fine form, sympathetic, insightful, scholarly and vivid, and his book, like its subject, must be rated unobtrusively spectacular.
A fresh, insightful, and inspiring account of this great yet neglected figure. With that rare skill of a superb biographer, Aitken brings Newton to life for a new generation of admirers.
...meticulously researched...[Aiken] writes beautifully and accessibly.
Here is a useful account of a great figure of the Evangelical Revival.
Well before the end, I was conscious that I was reading another classic ... Aitken writes with real passion for his subject ... This is a book to inform your mind, warm your heart and inspire your Christian walk. I cannot recommend it more highly.
A thorough study, superbly written, and an excellent read.
A brilliantly written biography ... Like all good biographers, Jonathan Aitken leaves us with the imprint of the subject firmly in our minds rather than the image of the author, but the engaging style of his narrative displays a personal commitment not only to the subject but also to his reason for living.
Mr Aitken's biography... provides a rare spiritual treat and leads us to praise God for His mercy in the reality and wonder of salvation.
The book captures superbly how one life can be transformed by God for the benefit of others.
Jonathan Aitken has written a book that, enriched by fresh research into unpublished papers, will enhance his reputation as one of today's foremost biographers. Secular and religious readers will alike profit enormously from this book.
Jonathan Aitken as always writes with elegance, clarity, and sympathy in describing an extraordinary eighteeneth-century life.
Jonathan Aitken brings to life one of the unsung heroes of the Evangelical Revival.
Aitken is well-qualified to serve an account of Newton for the modern reader. He is a renowned writer and biographer, a former businessman and politician, and, like Newton, a man whose heart has been changed through amazing grace.
This is an 'amazing' book which tells the story of an 'amazing' Christian life...This is a book to inspire and challenge us as to the true nature of Amazing Grace.
A rip-roaring adventure, a passionate romance, and astonishing journey of faith all in one.
This fascinating and gripping book makes the life of John Newton come alive for the contemporary reader. There's no hedging on Newton's depravity, nor his utterly passionate devotion to his precious Savior. I highly recommend this excellent work, it's one that will transform not only minds but hearts!
Skilled and colorful biographer that he is, my friend Jonathan Aitken has brought to life one of eighteenth-century England's most influential Christians.
Master biographer Jonathan Aitken is in fine form, sympathetic, insightful, scholarly and vivid, and his book, like its subject, must be rated unobtrusively spectacular.
A fresh, insightful, and inspiring account of this great yet neglected figure. With that rare skill of a superb biographer, Aitken brings Newton to life for a new generation of admirers.
...meticulously researched...[Aiken] writes beautifully and accessibly.
Here is a useful account of a great figure of the Evangelical Revival.
Well before the end, I was conscious that I was reading another classic ... Aitken writes with real passion for his subject ... This is a book to inform your mind, warm your heart and inspire your Christian walk. I cannot recommend it more highly.
A thorough study, superbly written, and an excellent read.
A brilliantly written biography ... Like all good biographers, Jonathan Aitken leaves us with the imprint of the subject firmly in our minds rather than the image of the author, but the engaging style of his narrative displays a personal commitment not only to the subject but also to his reason for living.
Mr Aitken's biography... provides a rare spiritual treat and leads us to praise God for His mercy in the reality and wonder of salvation.
The book captures superbly how one life can be transformed by God for the benefit of others.
Jonathan Aitken has written a book that, enriched by fresh research into unpublished papers, will enhance his reputation as one of today's foremost biographers. Secular and religious readers will alike profit enormously from this book.
Jonathan Aitken as always writes with elegance, clarity, and sympathy in describing an extraordinary eighteeneth-century life.
Jonathan Aitken brings to life one of the unsung heroes of the Evangelical Revival.
Aitken is well-qualified to serve an account of Newton for the modern reader. He is a renowned writer and biographer, a former businessman and politician, and, like Newton, a man whose heart has been changed through amazing grace.
This is an 'amazing' book which tells the story of an 'amazing' Christian life...This is a book to inspire and challenge us as to the true nature of Amazing Grace.