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The Accidental Revolutionary

Name: The Accidental Revolutionary
Author: Jerome Dean Mahaffey
ISBN: 9781602583917

George Whitefield and the Creation of America

by Jerome Dean Mahaffey

Published by: Baylor University Press

Imprint: Baylor University Press

A compelling tale of a forgotten truth: no Whitefield, no revolution

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Patriots. Founding Fathers. Revolutionaries. For many Americans, the colonial heroes deserve special celebratory reverence. Yet while Washington's leadership, Franklin's writings, and Revere's ride captivate us, the inspiration and influence George Whitefield instilled within the revolutionary spirits of early Americans is regrettably unknown.

In this refreshing biography, Jerome Dean Mahaffey deftly moves beyond Whitefield's colonial celebrity to show how his rhetoric and ministry worked for freedom, situating Whitefield alongside the most revolutionary founders. As this Anglican revivalist traveled among the colonies, he delivered exhilarating sermons deeply saturated with political implications--freedom from oppression, civil justice, communal cooperation. Whitefield helped to encourage in his listeners a longing for a new, uniquely American nationalism.

The Accidental Revolutionary tells the story of this forgotten founder, who may not have realized the repercussions of his words as he spoke them. Now, Mahaffey delicately shows that Whitefield converted colonists not just to Christianity but to a renewed sense of unification that ultimately made possible the American Revolution.

1. Beginnings

2. Launching the Ministry

3. A New Birth of Freedom

4. A Revolutionary Message

5. Controversy: "I'm just getting started"

6. Bishop Bashing

7. New England: Overthrow or Unify?

8. Between Two Extremes

9. Good King, Bad King

10. Church and State

11. France, Rome, and Hell

12. Reprisal from the Church of England

13. The Deep Laid Plot

14. Preaching Himself to Death

15. Whitefield's Legacy

16. A Political Man

Jerome Dean Mahaffey is the John and Corrine Graf Chair of Communication Studies, Indiana University East. He lives in New Paris, Ohio.

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