JOHN NEWTON: FROM DISGRACE TO AMAZING GRACE

Book ID/图书代码： 03540007B11664

English Summary/英文概要： In the popular imagination John Newton (1725-1807) is best known as the author of the celebrated hymn "Amazing Grace". But he also had one of the most colourful and influential lives in the religion and politics of the 18th century. In his youth he was a slave trader and a slave ship captain. His early adventures included being flogged as a deserter from the Royal Navy and imprisoned as a white slave to an African slave master. During a storm at sea he was converted and became an ordained clergyman. The two closest friendships of his life were with William Cowper the poet and William Wilberforce the abolitionist MP. With Cowper, he wrote many hymns including "Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken", "How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds" and "Amazing Grace". Newton became and remains a hero of the Evangelical revival. He was a formative influence on Charles Simeon and on William Wilberforce with whom he campaigned vigorously for the abolition of slavery. His influence was very wide indeed. Jonathan Aitken has had access to a great wealth of new unpublished material, notably Newton’s diaries and the correspondence between Wilberforce and Newton. Aitken has already demonstrated his skill as a biographer with his books on Nixon and Colson but here, at last, he has found a subject in which his interests in history, politics and religion coincide.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 约翰·牛顿是历代最受人喜爱的圣诗《奇异恩典》的作者。本书讲述了他如何从一个堕落的水手成长为受人爱戴的牧师，从一个邪恶的奴隶贩子转变为英国废奴运动的领袖。因着这样的经历，他成为了18世纪英国政治史和宗教史上影响和贡献重大的人物。书中还记述了牛顿与妻子波琳浪漫的婚姻以及与著名诗人考珀不寻常的友谊，他富有传奇色彩的一生显明了恩典如何仿若流水，总是自高而下，涌流到最低处。盼望这奇异恩典能成为慕道者的福音、信徒成长的动力、牧者的激励和安慰。(DB)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Jonathan Aitken, a former MP and cabinet minister, is the author of 12 books, including his award-winning biography of President Richard Nixon.

Format:HARDCOVER

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