William Hague has written the life of William Wilberforce who was both a staunch conservative and a tireless campaigner against the slave trade.Hague shows how Wilberforce, after his agonising conversion to evangelical Christianity, was able to lead a powerful tide of opinion, as MP for Hull, against the slave trade, a process which was to take up to half a century to be fully realised. Indeed, he succeeded in rallying to his cause the support in the Commons Debates of some the fin...

"Is it not the great end of Religion to render us active and useful in the discharge of the relative, social, and civil duties?"Real Christianity is written by the prominent politician and abolitionist William Wilberforce. The Church in England had sunk into a cultural nominalism, where the upper echelon of society began to only consider Christianity as the fashionable thing to do. Though Wilberforce confesses he is not a theologian of sorts, the state of the Chur...

British abolitionist William Wilberforce considered the slave trade to be a crime for which all his countrymen would have to answer. In a society that allowed for such inhumanity to persist, there were no innocent bystanders. After presenting the key argument of “On the Horrors of the Slave Trade,” he stated, “the nature and all the circumstances of this trade are now laid open to us; we can no longer plead ignorance.” This strong sense of moral responsibility has the power to inspire Chri...

Dramatized in the major motion picture Amazing Grace, the story of William Wilberforce is the remarkable account of how one man’s vision, courage, and relentless pursuit of justice brought freedom to thousands and changed the course of history. “That the greatest and most successful reformer in all history is almost unknown today is a crying shame. Kevin Belmonte puts this right with his inspiring study of an inspiring life.” —Dr. Os Guinness, author of Unspeakable: Facing Up to the Challe...

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19th-Century British MP and abolitionist William Wilberforce wrote A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, also called Real Christianity, in 1797. In the book, Wilberforce, who underwent evangelical conversion ten years earlier, forcefully argues that Christians who become complacent and only lead a “nominal” Christian life, are contributing to a society rotting away at its core. He encourages Christians to focus their life on Christ and His teachings. ...

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Wilberforce's classic work, A Practical View of Christianity, is concerned with convincing those who call themselves Christians to pursue "the real nature and principles of the religion which they profess." Christianity is not a mere morality, to be held in private. Christianity is revelation from God, bringing new rights and correspondent duties. It is an entire way of life that requires diligence and study and that should affect every aspect of the Christian's public and private...

William Wilberforce war ein britischer Parlamentarier und eine zentrale Figur im Kampf gegen den Sklavenhandel. Bereits als Kind lernte er John Newton kennen, einen ehemaligen Sklavenhändler, der sich später gegen die Sklaverei engagierte. Nach seiner eigenen Bekehrung widmete sich Wilberforce der Reform gesellschaftlicher Missstände – besonders der Abschaffung des Sklavenhandels. 18 Jahre lang setzte er sich mit Reden, Petitionen und Debatten im Parlament für sein Ziel ein. Am 24. Februar...

Just in time for the release of Amazing Grace, the movie about the life of William Wilberforce. This edition of his classic book from 1797, Real Christianity, is paraphrased in modern language and made more accessible to contemporary readers. This is the book that helped abolish the slave trade in the United Kingdom and called Christians to live a more authentic life of faith more than two hundred years ago. The timeless truths it contains will speak to readers in fresh w...

Lettre à l'Empereur Alexandre sur la traite des noirs par William Wilberforce membre du parlement britannique.William Wilberforce (24 août 1759 – 29 juillet 1833) est un homme politique et philanthrope britannique qui fut l'un des meneurs du mouvement abolitionniste. Né à Kingston-upon-Hull dans le Yorkshire, il commença sa carrière politique en 1780 et devint député du Yorkshire de 1784 à 1812. En 1785, sa conversion à l'évangélis...

For many years I have ardently wished that it had been possible for me to plead, in your presence, the great cause of the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Conscious that I was accountable to you for the discharge of the important trust which your kindness had committed to me, I have longed for such an opportunity of convincing you, that it was not without reason that this question had occupied so large a share of my parliamentary life. I wished you to know, that the cause of my complaint was ...