{"product_id":"george-whitefield-evangelist-for-god-and-empire-9780802875495","title":"George Whitefield: Evangelist for God and Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNarrates the drama of a famous preacher's entire career in his historical context\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGEORGE WHITEFIELD (1714-1770) is remembered as a spirited revivalist, a catalyst for the Great Awakening, and a founder of the evangelical movement in America. But Whitefield was also a citizen of the British Empire who used his political savvy and theological creativity to champion the cause of imperial expansion. In this religious biography of \"the Grand Itinerant,\" Peter Choi recounts a fascinating human story and, in the process, reexamines the Great Awakening and its relationship to a fast-growing British Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Y. Choi\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of Academic Programs at Newbigin House of Studies and a pastor at City Church in San Francisco. Specializing in eighteenth-century American history, he has taught history of Christianity courses at Calvin Theological Seminary and the University of Notre Dame.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183657615634,"sku":"9780802875495","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_159a2cbf-944b-436b-bf74-4ea00c25fe25.jpg?v=1744475225","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/george-whitefield-evangelist-for-god-and-empire-9780802875495","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}