Murray Pura
150 pages
William Wilberforce (1759-1833) was an evangelical Christian and a Member of British Parliament who fought slavery and the slave trade in England. In this book, Murray Andrew Pura examines the spirituality and beliefs that motivated and sustained William Wilberforce in his fight against popular opinion and the enormous, powerful and profitable African trade in human lives - a fight that took almost 20 years."Murray Pura has written a significant study of the key influences on the thought and spirituality of William Wilberforce, one that should be consulted by anyone seeking to understand the great abolitionist." -Donald M. Lewis, Regent College