Philip Doddridge and the shaping of evangelical dissent

Evangelical Dissent in the early eighteenth century had to address a variety of intellectual challenges.

How reliable was the Bible? Was traditional Christian teaching about God, humanity, sin and salvation true?

What was the role of reason in the Christian faith? Philip Doddridge (1702-51) pastored a sizeable evangelical congregation in Northampton, England, and ran a training academy for Dissenters which prepared men for pastoral ministry.

Philip Doddridge and the Shaping of Evangelical Dissent examines his theology and philosophy in the context of these and other issues of his day and explores the leadership that he provided in evangelical Dissent in the first half of the eighteenth century.