David W. Bebbington

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| thesis_title = The Nonconformist Conscience

| thesis_year = 1975

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| discipline = History

| sub_discipline = Ecclesiastical history

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David William Bebbington {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSE|FRHistS}} (born 25 July 1949) is a British historian who is a professor of history at the University of Stirling in Scotland and a distinguished visiting professor of history at Baylor University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh{{cite web|url=https://www.rse.org.uk/fellow/david-bebbington/|title=Professor David William Bebbington FRSE|work=The Royal Society of Edinburgh |access-date=25 February 2018}} and the Royal Historical Society.

Biography

Bebbington was born in Nottingham, England, on 25 July 1949 and was raised in Sherwood, a northern suburb of Nottingham. An undergraduate at Jesus College, Cambridge (1968–1971), Bebbington began his doctoral studies there (1971–1973) before becoming a research fellow of Fitzwilliam College (1973–1976). Since 1976 he has taught at the University of Stirling, where since 1999 he has been Professor of History.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/11348|title=Professor David William Bebbington|website=www.stir.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=5 February 2018|archive-date=6 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206002528/https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/11348|url-status=dead}}

He was President of the Ecclesiastical History Society (2006–2007).[https://www.history.ac.uk/ehsoc/about/past-ehs-presidents Past Presidents - Ecclesiastical History Society]

Bebbington quadrilateral

Bebbington is widely known for his definition of evangelicalism, referred to as the Bebbington quadrilateral, which was first provided in his 1989 classic study Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s.{{cite book|last=Trueman|first=Carl|author-link=Carl Trueman|title=The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind|year=2011|publisher=Moody Publishers|page=14}} Bebbington identifies four main qualities which are to be used in defining evangelical convictions and attitudes:{{cite book|first=David W. |last=Bebbington|title=Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s|url=https://archive.org/details/evangelicalismin0000bebb |url-access=registration |location=London|publisher=Unwin Hyman|year=1989|pages=[https://archive.org/details/evangelicalismin0000bebb/page/2 2–17]|isbn=978-0-04-941019-0 }}{{cite book|first=Mark A.|last=Noll|title=The Rise of Evangelicalism: The Age of Edwards, Whitefield, and the Wesleys|location=Downers Grove, IL|publisher=Intervarsity Press|year=2003|page=19}}

Biblicism: a particular regard for the Bible (e.g. all essential spiritual truth is to be found in its pages)
Crucicentrism: a focus on the atoning work of Christ on the cross
Conversionism: the belief that human beings need to be converted
Activism: the belief that the gospel needs to be expressed in effort

Bebbington (along with Mark Noll and others) has exerted a large amount of effort in placing evangelicalism on the world map of religious history. Through their efforts they have made it more difficult for scholars to ignore the influence of evangelicals in the world since the movement’s inception in the eighteenth century.{{cite journal|first=Kenneth J.|last=Stewart|title=Did evangelicalism predate the eighteenth century? An examination of David Bebbington's thesis|journal=Evangelical Quarterly|date=April 2005|volume=77|number=2|pages=135–153|doi=10.1163/27725472-07702004 }}{{cite book|editor-first1=Crawford|editor-last1=Gribben|editor-first2=Michael |editor-last2=Haykin|editor2-link=Michael Haykin|editor-first3=Kenneth J.|editor-last3=Stewart|title=Continuities in Evangelical History: Interactions with David Bebbington|location=Leicester|publisher=Inter-Varsity Press|year=2009}}

Works

=Thesis=

{{cite thesis|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |title=The Nonconformist Conscience: A Study of the Political Attitudes and Activities of Evangelical Nonconformists, 1886–1902 |location=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University |degree=PhD |date=1975 }}{{cite web|title=The Nonconformist Conscience: a study of the political attitudes and activities of Evangelical Nonconformists, 1886–1902 |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Bebbington+D.+W.+%E2%80%98The+Nonconformist+Conscience:+a+study+of+the+political+attitudes+and+activities+of+Evangelical+Nonconformists+1886%E2%80%931902)%E2%80%99+(Cambridge+Ph.D.+thesis+1975)+p.+1 |access-date=April 6, 2018 }}

=Books=

{{cite book|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |title=Patterns in History: A Christian View |date=1979 }}
{{cite book|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |author1-mask=3 |title=The Nonconformist Conscience: Chapel and Politics, 1870-1914 |date=1982 }}
{{cite book|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |author1-mask=3 |title=Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s |url=https://archive.org/details/evangelicalismin0000bebb |url-access=registration |date=1989 |isbn=978-0-04-941019-0 }}
{{cite book|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |author1-mask=3 |title=Victorian Nonconformity |date=1992 }}
{{cite book|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |author1-mask=3 |title=William Ewart Gladstone: Faith and Politics in Victorian Britain |url=https://archive.org/details/williamewartgla00bebbgoog |date=1993 }}
{{cite book|editor1-last=Bebbington |editor1-first=David W. |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Noll |editor2-first=Mark A. |editor2-link=Mark A. Noll |editor3-last=Rawlyk |editor3-first=George A. |editor3-link=George A. Rawlyk |title=Evangelicalism: Comparative Studies of Popular Protestantism in North America, the British Isles and Beyond, 1700-1990 |url=https://archive.org/details/evangelicalismco00noll |url-access=registration |date=1994 }}
{{cite book|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |author1-mask=3 |title=Holiness in Nineteenth-Century England |date=2000 }}
{{cite book|editor1-last=Bebbington |editor1-first=David W. |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Swift |editor2-first=Roger |editor2-link=Roger Swift |title=Gladstone Centenary Essays |date=2000 }}
{{cite book|editor1-last=Bebbington |editor1-first=David W. |editor1-mask=3 |title=The Gospel in the World: International Baptist Studies |series=Studies in Baptist history and thought |volume=1 |date=2002 }}
{{cite book|editor1-last=Bebbington |editor1-first=David W. |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Larsen |editor2-first=Timothy |editor2-link=Timothy Larsen |title=Modern Christianity and Cultural Aspirations |date=2003 }}
{{cite book|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |author1-mask=3 |title=The Mind of Gladstone: Religion. Homer and Politics |url=https://archive.org/details/mindofgladstoner0000bebb |url-access=registration |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2004 |isbn=978-0-19-926765-1 }}
{{cite book|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |author1-mask=3 |title=The Dominance of Evangelicalism: The Age of Spurgeon and Moody |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=2005 }}
{{cite book|editor1-last=Bebbington |editor1-first=David W. |editor1-mask=3 |editor2-last=Dix |editor2-first=Kenneth |editor2-link=Kenneth Dix |editor3-last=Ruston |editor3-first=Alan |editor3-link=Alan Ruston |title=Protestant Nonconformist Texts: The Nineteenth Century |date=2006 }}
{{cite book|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |author1-mask=3 |title=Congregational Members of Parliament in the Nineteenth Century |date=2007 }}
{{cite book|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |author1-mask=3 |title=Baptists Through the Centuries: A History of a Global People |publisher=Baylor University Press |date=2010 }}
{{cite book|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |author1-mask=3 |title=Victorian Religious Revivals: Culture and Piety in Local and Global Contexts |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2012 }}
{{cite book|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |author1-mask=3 |title=Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism in the United Kingdom during the Twentieth Century |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2013 }}

References

External links

[https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/11348 David W. Bebbington's academic faculty page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206002528/https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/11348 |date=6 February 2018 }}

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