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The lives of David Brainerd : the making of an American evangelical icon / John A. Grigg

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Author:
Grigg, John A  Search this
Subject:
Brainerd, David 1718-1747  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 276 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
East (U.S.)
Date:
2009
Contents:
A child of two worlds -- Sojourner -- Pastor -- Jonathan Edwards's Life of Brainerd -- John Wesley's Life of Brainerd -- From Wesley to Woodstock
Summary:
Much of his reputation is based on the picture of Brainerd constructed by Jonathan Edwards in his best-selling Life of David Brainerd. This new biography seeks to restore Brainerd to the context of the culture in which he lived. John A. Grigg argues that Brainerd was shaped by two formative experiences. On the one hand, he was the child of a prosperous, well-respected Connecticut family that was part of the political and social establishment. On the other, he was a participant in one of the more fundamental challenges to that establishment-the religious revivals of the 1740s. Brainerd's work among the Indians, Grigg argues, was a way to combine the sense of order and tradition inherited from his family with his radical experiences in the revival movement. --from publisher description
Topic:
Missionaries  Search this
Missions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_947109