The Lives of David Brainerd

The Lives of David Brainerd
Author: John A Grigg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2009-09-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0199888191

The story of the eighteenth century preacher David Brainerd has been told in dozens of popular biographies, articles, and short essays. Almost without exception, these works are celebratory, even hagiographic in nature, making him into a kind of Protestant saint, a model for generations of missionaries. This book will be the first scholarly biography of Brainerd, drawing on everything from town records and published sermons to hand-written fragments to tell the story not only of Brainerd's life, but of his legend.