I'm hoping to get back to my history for the church series soon, but in the meantime I noticed this interesting article, which discusses an issue I have referred to briefly: the use of William Wilberforce as a pin-up boy by evangelical lefties.
If you haven't already seen/heard this, that last week's "In Our Time" programme on BBC4 was on Wilberforce. I haven't listened to it yet, but the programme is usually a worthwhile listen.
Thanks, Stephen - looks like it would be well worth listening to. Obviously the whole abolition movement is getting a bit of attention with the bicentenary - I'm hoping to catch the Michael Apsted movie, though I've heard it's a bit dubious from a historical point of view.
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If you haven't already seen/heard this, that last week's "In Our Time" programme on BBC4 was on Wilberforce. I haven't listened to it yet, but the programme is usually a worthwhile listen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20070222.shtml
Thanks, Stephen - looks like it would be well worth listening to. Obviously the whole abolition movement is getting a bit of attention with the bicentenary - I'm hoping to catch the Michael Apsted movie, though I've heard it's a bit dubious from a historical point of view.
The movie get picked up here. It'll be interesting to see how they use it.
http://www.faithvisuals.com/40726
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