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John Erskine as a Case Study John Erskine as a Case Study
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Letter Writing in the Eighteenth Century Letter Writing in the Eighteenth Century
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Letter Writing Etiquette Letter Writing Etiquette
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The Content of Evangelical Correspondence Exchanges The Content of Evangelical Correspondence Exchanges
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Evangelical Concerns About Heterodoxy Evangelical Concerns About Heterodoxy
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Anti-Catholicism Among Early Evangelicals Anti-Catholicism Among Early Evangelicals
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Bibliography Bibliography
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29 John Erskine and Transatlantic Correspondent Networks
Get accessJonathan Yeager is Director of the HDC Leroy A. Martin Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he teaches courses on religious history and thought. A specialist in eighteenth-century evangelicalism, his publications include Enlightened Evangelicalism: The Life and Thought of John Erskine (2011); Early Evangelicalism: A Reader (2013); and Jonathan Edwards and Transatlantic Print Culture (2016), all with Oxford University Press. He is currently co-editing a volume on Understanding and Teaching Religion in American History.
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Published:21 September 2022
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Abstract
This chapter examines eighteenth-century evangelical transatlantic letter writing as a means of communication. Early evangelicals developed networks in the 1730s and 1740s, at first as a way of exchanging information about the revivals that were taking place at this time throughout America, Britain, and Western Europe. After this period of revival diminished, evangelicals on both sides of the Atlantic continued to share news of the state of religion in their respective communities. Using the evangelical Scottish minister John Erskine as a case study helps us understand the nature of these networks, including the structure and content of their letters, as well as their greatest concerns. From examining Erskine and other eighteenth-century evangelicals, we learn that leaders of this movement were predominantly anti-Catholic and that Reformed ministers in particular used their letters and published works to combat perceived threats to their understanding of Protestantism, including views promulgated by those with Arminian, Arian, Socinian, and Universalist views.
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