Anglican Evangelicals: Protestant Secessions from the Via Media, c. 1800-1850 ISBN: 9780191683886 Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / Oxford University Press Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited Subjects: Religion;
This study examines the major themes and personalities that influenced the outbreak of a number of Evangelical secessions from the Church of England and Ireland during the first half of the nineteenth century. These secessions highlight the tension that existed between the evangelical conversionist imperative and the principles of a national religious establishment.