University Press of America
Pages: 280
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Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-0-7618-1839-7 • Hardback • November 2000 • $102.00 • (£78.00)
David Bennett spent forty successive years in the book trade and is the author of several books on Evangelism.
Chapter 1 Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction
Chapter 2 Wesley, Whitefield and Edwards
Chapter 3 The Early Period
Chapter 4 "It was the best of times"
Chapter 5 Camp-meetings and Itinerant Preachers
Chapter 6 Theological Changes
Chapter 7 Charles Grandison Finney
Chapter 8 The Public Invitation in the British Isles
Chapter 9 Further Development
Chapter 10 The Altar Call in Australia
Chapter 11 Modern Usage
Chapter 12 The System's Rationale
Chapter 13 Counseling and Follow Up
Chapter 14 Christian Conversion
Chapter 15 Results Examined
Chapter 16 Problems with the System
Chapter 17 Recommendations
Chapter 18 Conclusions
Chapter 19 Bibliography; Index
Bennett's engaged history serves as a reminder that traditional practices should not be immune from scrutiny.
— Doxology
David Bennett's history of the altar call is the best sort of engaged history. Many historians have commented on the practice of inviting serious inquirers to the front after a service of Christian proclamation as a part of making a decision for Christ. Until this time, however, no one has worked out the history of the practice so well, and only a few have evaluated its theological significance as carefully as it is evaluated here.
— Mark Noll, Wheaton College
David Bennett's history of the altar call is the best sort of engaged history. Many historians have commented on the practice of inviting serious inquirers to the front after a service of Christian proclamation as a part of making a decision for Christ. Until this time, however, no one has worked out the history of the practice so well, and only a few have evaluated its theological significance as carefully as it is evaluated here.
— Mark Noll, Wheaton College
Bennett's "engaged history" serves as a reminder that "traditional" practices should not be immune from scrutiny.
— Doxology