Murray vs. Stout on Whitefield?

[RamistThomist]

I've seen Harry Stout's The Divine Dramatist listed as the definitive biography of George Whitefield. I've also seen people criticize it as being "the most cynical hatchet-job ever written." While I am not a John Piper fan, Piper's presentation of Whitefield brought out a lot of these concerns (and it was an enjoyable presentation). I read somewhere that Iain Murray responded to Stout's biography. Where is that response, please?

 

[JimmyH]

Thanks so much for the link. I'd read the BOT edition of G. Whitefield's sermons twenty years ago and remember being very impressed by them. I thoroughly enjoyed the text of Piper's presentation. Informative and somewhat edifying.

 

[FenderPriest]

I kind of presumed that Dallimore's was the definitive one...

 

[LeeD]

I kind of presumed that Dallimore's was the definitive one...

I think you are correct!

 

[RamistThomist]

I kind of presumed that Dallimore's was the definitive one...

I think you are correct!

I think Stout and Noll implied Murray-Dallimore's work was too tinged with Hagiography (though I am more sympathetic to Murray-Dallimore).

 

[FenderPriest]

I kind of presumed that Dallimore's was the definitive one...

I think you are correct!

I think Stout and Noll implied Murray-Dallimore's work was too tinged with Hagiography (though I am more sympathetic to Murray-Dallimore).

Perhaps, though he does critique him in both volumes. Personally, I think he almost over did it with historical context stuff. At times I just wanted him to move on, though I always enjoyed what he had to say...