William Wilberforce Resources
01.20.2009
During the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Chapel, Pastor Bryan Loritts referred to William Wilberforce as a catalyst for change in church and society. Here are some resources to explore a prominent figure who understood the vertical and the horizontal dimensions of being a disciple of Jesus Christ.
Books
- Wilberforce, William, and Kevin Charles Belmonte. A Practical View of Christianity. Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson Publishers, 1996.
Zondervan Library Call No.: Main Collection 274.107 W64p
- Belmonte, Kevin Charles. William Wilberforce: A Hero for Humanity. Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan, 2007.
Main Collection 920 W641B
- Hague, William. William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner. London: Harper Press, 2007.
Main Collection 920 W641H
- Metaxas, Eric. Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery. New York: Harper San Francisco, 2007.
Main Collection 920 W641M
- Piper, John. The Roots of Endurance: Invincible Perseverance in the Lives of John Newton, Charles Simeon, and William Wilberforce. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Books, 2006.
Main Collection 283.092 P66r
- Guinness, Os. Character Counts: Leadership Qualities in Washington, Wilberforce, Lincoln, and Solzhenitsyn. Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Books, 1999.
Main Collection 270.8 C37G
- McConnell, Francis John. Evangelicals, Revolutionists, and Idealists; Six English Contributors to American Thought and Action. New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1942.
Main Collection 921 M13
DVDs
- The Better Hour: The Legacy of William Wilberforce. 2008.
DVD Collection: 920 W641B
- Amazing Grace. 2007.
DVD Collection: 920 W641A
Online resources
- "WILBERFORCE, WILLIAM (1759-1833)." From Credo Reference: Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2008. s.v.
A Few (full-text) Articles:
- Windschuttle, Keith. "William Wilberforce: the great emancipator." New Criterion 26, no. 10 (June 2008): 17-24. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed January 19, 2009).
- White, John. "Christian Responsibility to Reform Society: the Example of William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect." Evangelical Review of Theology 32, no. 2 (April 2008): 166-172. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed January 19, 2009).
- Haugen, Gary. "On a Justice Mission." Christianity Today 51, no. 3 (March 2007): 40-43. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed January 19, 2009).
- Colson, Charles W., and Anne Morse. "The Wilberforce strategy: Britain's great abolitionist worked to change society's values, not just its laws." Christianity Today 51, no. 2 (February 2007): 132-132. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost (accessed January 19, 2009).
- Rennie, Ian S. "William Wilberforce: the rise and decline of progressive Evangelical Anglicanism." Didaskalia (Otterburne, Man.) 11, no. 2 (Spr 2000): 1-18. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost (accessed January 19, 2009).

