Contents
CONTENTS
ONE “The Circumstance of My Being Born in an Inn”: George Whitefield and Eighteenth-Century England
TWO “The Day Star Arose in My Heart”: Whitefield's Conversion
THREE “God is Preparing Me for Something Extraordinary”: Whitefield the Methodist Missionary
FOUR “The Fiery Trial of Popularity”: George Whitefield, Field Preacher
FIVE “A Tour Round America”: The American South and the Bethesda Orphanage
SIX “To Revive the Flame Again”: Whitefield Comes to New England
SEVEN “Hearing Him Preach, Gave Me a Heart Wound”: Calvinist Preaching, Calvinist Controversy
EIGHT “Thy Maker is Thy Husband”: Whitefield Goes to Scotland
NINE “Close Attacks, But Strong Consolations”: The Return to America
TEN “Hunting in the American Woods”: Whitefield, Slavery, and Evangelical Radicalism
ELEVEN “As I Grew Moderate”: Whitefield Mends Rivalries
TWELVE “This Pilgrimage Kind of Life”: The End of Whitefield's Travels
Conclusion: “Jesus Christ Has Got Thee at Last”: George Whitefield's Legacy