Saints in Politics: The 'Clapham Sect' and the Growth of Freedom
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1960. 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Howse’s classic study of the Clapham Sect—the tight circle of Evangelical Anglicans around William Wilberforce—shows how a handful of “Saints” in Parliament helped change the British Empire. In the age of revolution and industry they fought the slave trade and slavery itself, pressed missions and education in India, built Sunday schools, and pushed penal, philanthropic, and legal reform. Not a formal sect and far from otherworldly, they were well-connected, well-funded friends whose research, publicity, and persistence produced results far beyond their numbers.From the library of Calvin Thielman, longtime pastor to Billy Graham and his family. Light yellow-orange cloth, black spine title; xiii + 215 pp. Brown-and-grey illustrated dustjacket. Light shelf wear; Thielman’s name on the front endpaper; pages clean; binding sound. Jacket rubbed with edge wear and a glass ring on the rear panel. A solid, unmarked reading copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Very Good / Very Good -.
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