David Williams, Reformer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3840329 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles F Mullett (University of Missouri, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1944 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 111-131 |
| Publication date | 1944-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3160129 |
| OpenAlex | W2058848593 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The "age of reason"-so often an unfounded characterization of the eighteenth century-had no more aggressive exponent than David Williams ( 1738-1816). Born in Glamorganshire, he fulfilled a promise exacted by his dying father to enter the dissenting ministry and was ordained to a Somerset congregation in 1758. His theological views proving unsatisfactory to this group he removed to an Exeter congregation in 1761. For its use he prepared a "Liturgy on the Principles of the Christian Religion," but the older members objected to his ideas and he to their morals, and in 1769 he took a congregation in Middlesex where he remained four years. Thereafter he turned to writing of which he did a great deal in the next two decades, mainly controversial in nature
Christian ministry · Dissenting opinion · Liturgy · Political science · Sociology · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Religious studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |