| Description |
1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
JSTOR EBA
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| Contents |
A century of neglect and a call to revival -- The genesis of a movement : Middleton, Kempenfelt and Ramsay -- Gathering momentum : divine service at sea in the later eighteenth century -- The Blue Lights during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802 : a change of emphasis -- Developing the ethos of the Officer Corps -- The impact of evangelical enthusiasm on fighting determination : quarter-deck or organ aloft -- Evangelical activity on the lower deck : the psalm-singers -- Evangelicalism at the end of the Napoleonic War : a flare in the darkness? |
| Summary |
The Evangelical Admiral Gambier, notorious for distributing tracts to his fleet in a theatre of war, is commonly seen as a misfit in a fighting service that had scant time for fervent piety. In fact, the navy of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars showed a level of religious observance not seen since the days of Queen Anne. Evangelical laymen provided one dynamic for this change: concentrating first on public worship, they moved to active proselytism in search of converts amongst sailors, and in a third phase developed a loose network of prayer groups in scores of ships, uniting officers and seamen in voluntary gatherings that transcended rank.<BR><BR> This book explores the effect this new piety had on discipline and human governance, on literacy, on the development of chaplains' ministry and on the mindset of the officer corps. It also looks at the larger question of how its values were absorbed into the ethos of the navy as a whole. It draws on sources both familiar and unusual -logs, letters, minutes, memoirs, tracts and sermons, <I>Regulations</I> - to explain how evangelical influence affected officer corps, lower deck and Admiralty, showing how a movement that began by promoting public worship at sea became an agency for mass evangelism through literature, preaching and off-duty gatherings, where officers and men met for shared Bible reading and prayer a mere decade after the great Mutinies.<BR> |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-307) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Religion
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain. Royal Navy fast |
| Subject |
Evangelistic work -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Evangelism.
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RELIGION -- History.
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Evangelistic work
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Armed Forces -- Religion
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008297884 |
| ISBN |
9781846156359 |
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1846156351 |
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