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Zusatztext 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 . Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Aitken Klappentext 'Master biographer Jonathan Aitken is in fine form, sympathetic, insightful, scholarly and vivid, and his book, like its subject, must be rated unobtrusively spectacular.' J. I. Packer '...meticulously researched...[Aiken] writes beautifully and accessibly.' Christianity 'This is a book to inform your mind, warm your heart and inspire your Christian walk. I cannot recommend it more highly.' Evangelical Times From Newton's rip-roaring adventures on the high seas to his emergence as a pivotal figure in the abolitionist and evangelical movements, this is a life of amazing achievement as well as of Amazing Grace .John Newton is best known as the author of the hymn Amazing Grace but this brilliant new biography shows how he led one of the most colourful and influential lives of the 18th century. Using a wealth of unpublished material, Jonathan Aitken charts Newton's journey through slave-trading, best-selling authorship, ordination, church leadership, abolitionist campaigning and the spiritual mentoring of William Wilberforce and William Cowper. Vorwort John Newton is one of the most important and influential men of the 18th century. His famous conversion during a storm at sea led to his new role as a social reformer and key figure in the abolition of slavery. In this book, Jonathan Aitken discovers the man, his motivation and beliefs. Zusammenfassung 'Master biographer Jonathan Aitken is in fine form, sympathetic, insightful, scholarly and vivid, and his book, like its subject, must be rated unobtrusively spectacular.' J. I. Packer '...meticulously researched...[Aiken] writes beautifully and accessibly.' Christianity 'This is a book to inform your mind, warm your heart and inspire your Christian walk. I cannot recommend it more highly.' Evangelical Times From Newton's rip-roaring adventures on the high seas to his emergence as a pivotal figure in the abolitionist and evangelical movements, this is a life of amazing achievement as well as of Amazing Grace .John Newton is best known as the author of the hymn Amazing Grace but this brilliant new biography shows how he led one of the most colourful and influential lives of the 18th century. Using a wealth of unpublished material, Jonathan Aitken charts Newton's journey through slave-trading, best-selling authorship, ordination, church leadership, abolitionist campaigning and the spiritual mentoring of William Wilberforce and William Cowper. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements 1 A Spiritual Upbringing 2 First Steps in Love and Seafaring 3 Press-ganged 4 Flogged and Degraded 5 Exchanged 6 Enslaved in Africa 7 Rescued by the Greyhound 8 Troublemaker and Blasphemer 9 In the Shadow of Death 10 False Dawns, More Storms and a Safe Landing 11 Londonderry, Love and a Liverpool Shipowner 12 Adventures on the Brownlow 13 Struggles of Books, Body and Soul 14 Marriage to Polly 15 Captain of the Duke of Argyle 16 First Voyage of the African 17 The End of a Seafaring Career 18 Unemployment, Inspiration and Prayer 19 Methodism and Materialism 20 Life in Liverpool 21 The Call to Ordination 22 The First Rejection 23 In Suspense 24 An Authentic Narrative 25 Ordained at Last 26 First Impressions of Olney 27 Parish Ministry 28 Pressure to Move: Praying with Polly 29 Prayer and Church History 30 Friendship with Cowper 31 Creativity and Crisis 32 Amazing Grace 33 What Happened to Amazing Grace 34 Winning Friends and Influencing People 35 Meddling in Po...
