Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815 - Blue Lights & Psalm-Singers

List of contents

Introduction
A Century of Neglect and a Call to Revival
The Genesis of a Movement: Middleton, Kempenfelt and Ramsay
Gathering Momentum: Divine Service at Sea in the Later Eighteenth Century
The Blue Lights during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802: A Change of Emphasis
Developing the Ethos of the Officer Corps
The Impact of Evangelical Enthusiasm on Fighting Determination: Quarter- Deck or Organ Loft
Evangelical activity on the lower deck: The Psalm-singers
Evangelicalism at the end of the Napoleonic War: A Flare in the Darkness
Bibliography
Index

Product details

• Authors: Richard Blake
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.2008
• EAN: 9781843833598
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-359-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 236 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 885 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / History, Religion - Commentaries / Reference