A People So Favored of God: Boston's Congregational Churches and Their Pastors, 1710-1760

Testing the thesis that the Great Awakening reflected and even issued from a crisis in pastoral care, Harper (Christian history and thought, Asia Graduate School of Theology-Philippines) begins by examining a local precedent for pastoral activism embraced by many New Light pastors among Boston's 11 Congregational churches. Then he focuses on the Great Awakening in Boston as a pastoral phenomenon, and inquires into the words and deeds of local pastors and the demographic health of individual congregations and that of the aggregate Congregational community. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

George W. Harper is Professor of Church History and Thought, Associate Program Director for Church History, and Director for Program Development of the Th.M./Ph.D. Program of the Asia Graduate School of Theology Philippines. Professor Harper holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Boston University.