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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 Using a wealth of unpublished material, Jonathan Aitken charts Newton's journey through slave-trading, best-selling authorship, ordination, church leadership, abolitionist campaigning and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.
Table of Contents
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 Politics
36 Family Life and Health Worries
37 Leaving Olney
38 Arriving in London
39 Family, Friends and Apologia
40 The Eclectic Society and the Messiah
41 Mentor to William Wilberforce
42 Correspondence with Wilberforce
43 Abolitionist Campaigner
44 Death of Polly
45 Declining Years and Continuing Influence
46 A Great Sinner and a Great Saviour
Epilogue
Source Notes
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 08 Jun 2023 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 328 |
| ISBN | 9781399412841 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Continuum |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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