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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.
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, Regulations - 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.
Evangelistic work --- Evangelism --- Proselytizing --- Revival (Religion) --- Theology, Practical --- Discipling (Christianity) --- Religious awakening --- History --- Christianity --- Great Britain. --- צי הבריטי --- England and Wales. --- Religion. --- Admiral Gambier. --- Evangelicals. --- Inquisition. --- Mutinies. --- Royal Navy. --- chaplains. --- discipline. --- eighteenth-century navy. --- literature. --- mass evangelism. --- piety. --- prayer groups. --- religious activity. --- sailors. --- tracts.
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Shows how the rise of evangelical religion in the navy helped create a new kind of sailor, technologically trained and steeped in a higher set of values. This book examines how, as the nineteenth century progressed, religious piety, especially evangelical piety, was seen in the British navy less as eccentric and marginal and more as an essential ingredient of the character looked for in professional seamen. The book traces the complex interplay between formal religious observance, such as Sunday worship, and pockets of zealous piety, showing how evangelicalism gradually earned less grudging regard, until inthe 1860s and 1870s it became a dominant source of values and a force for moral reform. Religion in the British Navy explains this shift, outlining how Arctic expeditions showed the need for dependability and character, how Health Returns revealed the full extent of sexual licence and demonstrated the urgency of moral reform, and how manning difficulties in the Russian War of 1854-1856 showed that a modern fleet required a new type of sailor, technologically trained and steeped in a higher set of values. The book also discusses how the navy, with its newly awakened religious sensibilities, played a major role in the expansion of Protestant missions globally, in exploration,convict transportation, the expansion of imperial frontiers, and worldwide maritime policing operations. Fervent piety had an effect in all these areas - religion had helped develop a new kind of manliness where piety as well asdaring had a place. RICHARD BLAKE is the author of Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815 (Boydell 2008).
Evangelicalism --- History --- History. --- Great Britain. --- Religion. --- Evangelical religion --- Protestantism, Evangelical --- Evangelical Revival --- Fundamentalism --- Pietism --- Protestantism --- צי הבריטי --- England and Wales. --- British navy. --- Protestant missions. --- Richard Blake. --- character. --- evangelical religion. --- maritime policing. --- moral reform. --- piety. --- religious sensibilities. --- sailors. --- values.
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New York has appeared in more movies than Michael Caine, and as a result of overfamiliarity, the City poses a problem for critics and casual moviegoers alike. Audiences mistake the New York image of skyscrapers and glitter for the real thing, but in fact the City is a network of small villages, each with its unique personality. Street Smart offers a novel approach to understanding the cultural influences of New York's neighborhoods on the work of four quintessentially New York filmmakers: Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee. The city's diverse economic and ethnic enclaves
Lee, Spike --- Scorsese, Martin --- Allen, Woody, --- Lumet, Sidney, --- Lee, Shelton Jackson --- Skorseze, Martin --- Criticism and interpretation. --- New York (N.Y.) --- In motion pictures. --- Allen, Woody --- Konigsberg, Allen Stewart, --- Konigsberg, Allan Stewart, --- Allen, Heywood, --- Allen, Vudi, --- Ален, Вудзі, --- Alen, Vudzi, --- Алън, Уди, --- Alŭn, Udi, --- Кьонигсберг, Алън Стюарт, --- Konigsberg, Alŭn Sti︠u︡art, --- Αλεν, Γούντι, --- Alen, Gounti, --- Κένιγκσμπεργκ, Αλεν Στιούαρτ, --- Keninksmpernk, Alen Stiouart, --- Аллен, Вуди, --- Aellŏn, Udi, --- 앨런, 우디, --- Alen, Ṿudi, --- Allens, Vudijs, --- Konigsbergs, Elens Stjuarts, --- Ален, Вуди, --- Кенигсберг, Ален Стјуарт, --- Kenigsberg, Alen Stjuart, --- ウディ・アレン, --- Aren, Udi, --- Конигсберг, Аллен Стюарт, --- Konigsberg, Allen Sti︠u︡art, --- Аллен, Вуді, --- Коніґсберґ, Аллен Стюарт, --- עלען, וואדי, --- 伍迪·艾伦, --- Ailun, Wudi,
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