John Newton

From Disgrace to Amazing Grace

John Newton

From Disgrace to Amazing Grace

Jonathan Aitken (Author)

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'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 Using a wealth of unpublished material, Jonathan Aitken charts Newton's journey through slave-trading, best-selling authorship, ordination, church leadership, abolitionist campaigning and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.

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

Product details

Published	04 Jul 2023
Format	Paperback
Edition	1st
Extent	328
ISBN	9781399412841
Imprint	Bloomsbury Continuum
Dimensions	234 x 156 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Jonathan Aitken

Jonathan Aitken is a former MP and cabinet ministe…

Using diaries and correspondence, this biography crosses the boundaries of history and religion, and should appeal to a wide audience.

The Bookseller
A rip-roaring adventure, a passionate romance, and astonishing journey of faith all in one.

Os Guinness
This fascinating and gripping book makes the life of John Newton come alive for the contemporary reader. There's no hedging on Newton's depravity, nor his utterly passionate devotion to his precious Savior. I highly recommend this excellent work, it's one that will transform not only minds but hearts!

Joni Eareckson Tada
Skilled and colorful biographer that he is, my friend Jonathan Aitken has brought to life one of eighteenth-century England's most influential Christians.

Charles Colson, Founder, Prison Fellowship
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
A fresh, insightful, and inspiring account of this great yet neglected figure. With that rare skill of a superb biographer, Aitken brings Newton to life for a new generation of admirers.

Alister McGrath