A Burning and a Shining Light: English Spirituality in the Age of Wesley

by David L. Jeffrey

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 1987

Overview

An anthology of some of the best English spiritual writings in the age of the great evangelical revival. Includes writings from Isaac Watts, Philip Doddridge, Lizbeth Rowe, William Law, Christopher Smart, John and Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, John Fletcher, John Newton, Hannah More, William Wilberforce, and more. This volume gathers sermons, devotions, hymns, and poetry.

Product Details

• Title: A Burning and a Shining Light: English Spirituality in the Age of Wesley
• Author: David L. Jeffrey
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Print Publication Date: 1987
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Spiritual life; Evangelicalism › England
• ISBNs: 9780802802347, 0802802346
• Resource ID: LLS:BRNNGSHNNGLGHT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:20:27Z

About David L. Jeffrey

David Lyle Jeffrey is distinguished professor of literature and humanities at Baylor University, and professor emeritus of English literature at the University of Ottawa. He earned his PhD from Princeton University, and is the author of A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature and People of the Book.