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David W. Bebbington
FRSE FRHistS
David W. Bebbington FRSE FRHistS
Born	David William Bebbington; 25 July 1949 (age 74); Nottingham, England
Nationality	British
Spouse	Eileen Bebbington (m. 1971)
Academic background
Alma mater	Jesus College, Cambridge; Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge;
Thesis	The Nonconformist Conscience (1975)
Doctoral advisor	David Thompson
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Ecclesiastical history
Institutions	University of Stirling
Main interests	History of evangelicalism

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David William Bebbington 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^[1] and the Royal Historical Society.

Biography[edit]

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.^[2]

He was President of the Ecclesiastical History Society (2006–2007).^[3]

Bebbington quadrilateral[edit]

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.^[4] Bebbington identifies four main qualities which are to be used in defining evangelical convictions and attitudes:^[5]^[6]

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.^[7]^[8]

Works[edit]

Thesis[edit]

Bebbington, David W. (1975). The Nonconformist Conscience: A Study of the Political Attitudes and Activities of Evangelical Nonconformists, 1886–1902 (PhD thesis). Cambridge: Cambridge University.^[9]

Books[edit]

Bebbington, David W. (1979). Patterns in History: A Christian View.
——— (1982). The Nonconformist Conscience: Chapel and Politics, 1870-1914.
——— (1989). Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s.
——— (1992). Victorian Nonconformity.
——— (1993). William Ewart Gladstone: Faith and Politics in Victorian Britain.
———; Noll, Mark A.; Rawlyk, George A., eds. (1994). Evangelicalism: Comparative Studies of Popular Protestantism in North America, the British Isles and Beyond, 1700-1990.
——— (2000). Holiness in Nineteenth-Century England.
———; Swift, Roger, eds. (2000). Gladstone Centenary Essays.
———, ed. (2002). The Gospel in the World: International Baptist Studies. Studies in Baptist history and thought. Vol. 1.
———; Larsen, Timothy, eds. (2003). Modern Christianity and Cultural Aspirations.
——— (2004). The Mind of Gladstone: Religion. Homer and Politics. Oxford University Press.
——— (2005). The Dominance of Evangelicalism: The Age of Spurgeon and Moody. InterVarsity Press.
———; Dix, Kenneth; Ruston, Alan, eds. (2006). Protestant Nonconformist Texts: The Nineteenth Century.
——— (2007). Congregational Members of Parliament in the Nineteenth Century.
——— (2010). Baptists Through the Centuries: A History of a Global People. Baylor University Press.
——— (2012). Victorian Religious Revivals: Culture and Piety in Local and Global Contexts. Oxford University Press.
——— (2013). Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism in the United Kingdom during the Twentieth Century. Oxford University Press.

References[edit]

^ "Professor David William Bebbington FRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
^ "Professor David William Bebbington". www.stir.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
^ Past Presidents - Ecclesiastical History Society
^ Trueman, Carl (2011). The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. Moody Publishers. p. 14.
^ Bebbington, David W. (1989). Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s. London: Unwin Hyman. pp. 2–17.
^ Noll, Mark A. (2003). The Rise of Evangelicalism: The Age of Edwards, Whitefield, and the Wesleys. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press. p. 19.
^ Stewart, Kenneth J. (April 2005). "Did evangelicalism predate the eighteenth century? An examination of David Bebbington's thesis". Evangelical Quarterly. 77 (2): 135–153.
^ Gribben, Crawford; Haykin, Michael; Stewart, Kenneth J., eds. (2009). Continuities in Evangelical History: Interactions with David Bebbington. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press.
^ "The Nonconformist Conscience: a study of the political attitudes and activities of Evangelical Nonconformists, 1886–1902". Retrieved 6 April 2018.

External links[edit]

David W. Bebbington's academic faculty page Archived 6 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine

Professional and academic associations
Preceded by Dame Averil Cameron	President of the Ecclesiastical History Society 2006–2007	Succeeded by Robert Swanson

[1] "Professor David William Bebbington FRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

[2] "Professor David William Bebbington". www.stir.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

[3] Past Presidents - Ecclesiastical History Society

[4] Trueman, Carl (2011). The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind. Moody Publishers. p. 14.

[5] Bebbington, David W. (1989). Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s. London: Unwin Hyman. pp. 2–17.

[6] Noll, Mark A. (2003). The Rise of Evangelicalism: The Age of Edwards, Whitefield, and the Wesleys. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press. p. 19.

[7] Stewart, Kenneth J. (April 2005). "Did evangelicalism predate the eighteenth century? An examination of David Bebbington's thesis". Evangelical Quarterly. 77 (2): 135–153.

[8] Gribben, Crawford; Haykin, Michael; Stewart, Kenneth J., eds. (2009). Continuities in Evangelical History: Interactions with David Bebbington. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press.

[9] "The Nonconformist Conscience: a study of the political attitudes and activities of Evangelical Nonconformists, 1886–1902". Retrieved 6 April 2018.

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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]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rse.org.uk/fellow/david-bebbington/|title=Professor David William Bebbington FRSE|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|access-date=25 February 2018}}</ref> and the [[Royal Historical Society]].
+==Biography==
-'''David W. Bebbington''' (born 1949) 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]]<ref>https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/1200_2016ElectedFellows.html</ref> and the [[Royal Historical Society]]. An undergraduate at [[Jesus College, Cambridge]] (1968–71), Bebbington began his doctoral studies there (1971–73) before becoming a research fellow of [[Fitzwilliam College]] (1973–76). Since 1976 he has taught at the University of Stirling, where since 1999 he has been Professor of History.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/11348|title=Professor David William Bebbington|website=www.stir.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-02-05}}</ref> His principal research interests are in the history of [[politics]], [[religion]], and [[society]] in [[Great Britain]] from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, and in the history of the global [[Evangelicalism|evangelical movement]].
+Bebbington was born in [[Nottingham]], England, on 25 July 1949 and was raised in [[Sherwood, Nottingham|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
+He was President of the [[Ecclesiastical History Society]] (2006–2007).<ref>[https://www.history.ac.uk/ehsoc/about/past-ehs-presidents Past Presidents - Ecclesiastical History Society]</ref>
-{{TOC right}}
 ==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''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Bebbington identifies four main qualities which are to be used in defining evangelical convictions and attitudes:<ref>David W. Bebbington, ''Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s'' (London: Unwin Hyman, 1989), 2-17; Mark A. Noll, ''The Rise of Evangelicalism: The Age of Edwards, Whitefield, and the Wesleys'' (Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2003), 19.</ref>
+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''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Bebbington identifies four main qualities which are to be used in defining evangelical convictions and attitudes:<ref>{{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]}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
-* '''biblicism''', a particular regard for the [[Bible]] (e.g. all essential spiritual truth is to be found in its pages)
+* 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 [[Atonement in Christianity|atoning]] work of [[Jesus Christ|Christ]] on the cross
+* Crucicentrism: a focus on the [[Atonement in Christianity|atoning]] work of [[Jesus Christ|Christ]] on the cross
-* '''[[Religious conversion|conversionism]]''', the belief that human beings need to be converted
+* [[Religious conversion|Conversionism]]: the belief that human beings need to be converted
-* '''activism''', the belief that the '''[[Good news (Christianity)|gospel]]''' needs to be expressed in effort
+* 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.<ref>In ''Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s'', Bebbington argues that evangelicalism began, as it is described in his quadrilateral, as a result of the Enlightenment.  For more discussion on this see Kenneth J. Stewart, “Did evangelicalism predate the eighteenth century? An examination of David Bebbington's thesis.” ''[[Evangelical Quarterly]]'', Apr2005, Vol. 77 Issue 2, p135-153. See also Crawford Gribben, [[Michael Haykin]] and Kenneth J. Stewart (eds), ''Continuities in Evangelical History: Interactions with David Bebbington'' (Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 2009).</ref>
+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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
-==Personal life==
+==Works==
+===Thesis===
-Bebbington is married to Eileen, and has a daughter Anne Bebbington and granddaughter Becky.  He lives in the village of [[Bridge of Allan]] and is a longtime member of Stirling Baptist Church, where he has held various positions of leadership. He is also a regular lay preacher for churches affiliated to the [[Baptist Union of Scotland]].
+*{{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 }}<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
-==Bibliography==
+===Books===
-*''Patterns in History: A Christian View'' (1979)
+*{{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 }}
-*''Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s'' (1989)
+*{{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 }}
-*''Victorian Nonconformity'' (1992)
+*{{cite book|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |author1-mask=3 |title=Victorian Nonconformity |date=1992 }}
-*''William Ewart Gladstone: Faith and Politics in Victorian Britain'' (1993)
+*{{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 }}
-*''Holiness in Nineteenth-Century England'' (2000)
+*{{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 }}
-*''The Mind of Gladstone: Religion. Homer and Politics'' (Oxford University Press, 2004)
+*{{cite book|author1-last=Bebbington |author1-first=David W. |author1-mask=3 |title=Holiness in Nineteenth-Century England |date=2000 }}
-*''The Dominance of Evangelicalism: The Age of Spurgeon and Moody'' (Intervarsity Press, 2005)
+*{{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 }}
-*''Baptists Through the Centuries: A History of a Global People'' (Baylor University Press, 2010)
+*{{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 }}
-*''Victorian Religious Revivals: Culture and Piety in Local and Global Contexts'' (Oxford University Press, 2012)
+*{{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 }}
-*''Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism in the United Kingdom during the Twentieth Century'' (Oxford University Press, 2013)
+*{{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 }}
+*{{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 }}
-==Footnotes==
+==References==
 {{reflist}}
+==Further reading==
+* {{cite journal|journal=Books & Culture: A Christian Review|title=Do Something: Evangelicals in the age of Spurgeon and Moody|first=Timothy|last=Larsen|date=November 2005|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2005/006/17.17.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212002038/http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2005/006/17.17.html| archive-date=12 December 2008}}
 ==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 }}
-* Book Review of ''The Dominance of Evangelicalism: The Age of Spurgeon and Moody'' (2005) http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2005/006/17.17.html
-* [http://www.historyandpolitics.stir.ac.uk/staff/history/DavidBebbingtonHistoryStirlingStaffInformation.php University of Stirling staff page ]
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+{{s-bef|before=[[Averil Cameron|Dame Averil Cameron]]}}
+{{s-ttl|title=President of the [[Ecclesiastical History Society]]|years=2006–2007}}
+{{s-aft|after=[[Robert Swanson (historian)|Robert Swanson]]}}
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