Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815 blue lights & psalm-singers - Blake, Richard (Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2008)
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?
Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-307) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Keywords: Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- Religion; Evangelistic work -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Evangelism; Electronic books