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Methodism [ Spirituality / Associational culture / Religious Belief ]

… culture Practices > Religious Belief Keywords Methodism Field-preaching Sermons John Wesley George Whitefield Enthusiasm The development of Methodism in Britain and in colonial America from the 1730s onward brought a redefinition … clarifying the Methodists' position regarding antinomianism. 12 . On this point, see for instance George Lavington, The Enthusiasm of Methodists and Papists Compared (London: J. and P. Knapton, 1749-1751), Part I, p. 41, which deals with the … Further Reading Anderson, Misty G., Imagining Methodism in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Enthusiasm, Belief, & the Borders of Self (Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2012). Field, Clive D., ‘ …

Anthony Ashley Cooper, third Earl of Shaftesbury [ Philosophy / Art and Literature / Aristocracy ]

… edition of Characteristicks (based on the 1732 edition) shown in square brackets. The treatises are: Letter concerning Enthusiasm (SE I 1); Sensus Communis: An Essay on the Freedom of Wit and Humour (SE I 3); The Moralists, a Philosophical … it so tragical, and is the occasion of its acting in reality such dismal Tragedys in the World' ( Letter Concerning Enthusiasm,  346 [1.20]). To counter such manipulative 'melancholy' and its tragic consequences, Shaftesbury opposes the … the practice of wit that could puncture the ' Gravity ' that 'is of the very essence of imposture' ( Letter Concerning Enthusiasm, 11 [I.8]). Emphasizing this social dimension of rationality and the need to cultivate it, Shaftesbury …

Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]

… her friend, former actress Thérèse Biancolelli, on rue Poissonnière. The titles she would give to her novels reflect the enthusiasm French readers had for English literature, and the strong ties that united the two countries. The vibrant …

Samuel Pepys [ Art and Literature / Politics ]

… that helped make him indispensable. Pepys’s sociability prompted by his working roles was accompanied by a tremendous enthusiasm for what England’s capital had to offer when it came to leisure pursuits. As a result, his diary and other …

Cant [ Language & Speech ]

… was therefore deemed susceptible to threaten the English language as new linguistic usages originating in religious enthusiasm or in the criminal underworld were adopted. ‘Cant’ became a useful rhetoric tool to present one's opponent's …

Erasmus Darwin [ Science / Art and Literature / Philosophy ]

… of society. The sharing of their political aspirations, especially their struggle for abolitionism and their common enthusiasm for the French Revolution, led to several remarkable achievements which turned out to be influential beyond …