William Careys Theology - World Evangelical Alliance

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Content
1. Carey’s Theology – the ‘Missing Link’................................................ 7
Almost nothing about Carey’s theology ........................................................... 7
2.1 Postmillennialism and Missions ....................................................... 13
Classical and Post – Classical Missions and Eschatology.............................. 13
Eschatology, Missions and Postmillennialism................................................ 13
Postmillennialism and Missions ..................................................................... 15
Iain Murray ..................................................................................................... 20
The Postmillennialism of Spener, Francke and the Pietist Mission Work ..... 21
Rufus Anderson............................................................................................... 27
Postmillennialism and The Great Commission Today ................................... 28
Was Calvin a Postmillennialist? ..................................................................... 30
Premillennialism originally opposed to missions ........................................... 32
2.2. Carey’s Postmillennialism ............................................................... 35
Postmillennialism in the “Enquiry” ................................................................ 35
3. Carey’s Calvinism ............................................................................... 43
Carey’s Calvinism........................................................................................... 43
Election and Responsibility ............................................................................ 46
Calvinism in the “Enquiry”............................................................................. 49
Carey’s Struggles for Social Change .............................................................. 50
4. Carey’s Statistics ................................................................................. 55
About the Author..................................................................................... 57