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Blake, Richard.

Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815 blue lights & psalm-singers / [electronic resource] : Richard Blake. - Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (327 p.) : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-307) and index.

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?

ISBN: 9781846156359 (electronic bk.) 1846156351 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Great Britain. Royal Navy --Religion.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Evangelistic work--History--Great Britain--18th century.
RELIGION--Christian Ministry--Evangelism.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BV3777.G7 / B53 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 269/.2094109033