Publications:  Prof Isabel Rivers

Rivers I(2019). The Oxford History of Anglicanism, vol 2, Establishment and Empire, 1662-1829. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW vol. 134, (569) 1018-1019.

RIVERS I(2018). Vanity Fair and the Celestial City: Dissenting, Methodist, and Evangelical Literary Culture in England, 1720–1800. Oxford University Press

RIVERS I(2018). ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress in the Evangelical Revival’. The Oxford Handbook of John Bunyan, Editors: Davies, M, Owens, WA, Oxford University Press

RIVERS I(2016). Inward Religion and its Dangers in the Evangelical Revival. Heart Religion Evangelical Piety in England and Ireland, 1690-1850, Editors: Coffey, J, Oxford University Press

RIVERS I(2016). Whitefield's Reception in England, 1770-1839. George Whitefield: Life, Context, and Legacy, Editors: Hammond, G, Jones, DC, Oxford University Press (Oxford),

RIVERS I(2014). Thomas Jackson (1783-1873), Book Collector, Editor, and Tutor. Wesley and Methodist Studies vol. 6, 63-89.

Rivers I, Field CD, Flanagan K, MacCulloch DNJ, Binfield C, Barker N(2013). The Cheshunt College collection. TLS - The Times Literary Supplement (5730)

RIVERS I, Gibbard N (2012). Carmarthen Academy, later Presbyterian College, Carmarthen (1795-1963). Dissenting Academies Online: Database and Encyclopedia, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies

RIVERS I (2012). Jackson, Thomas (1783-1873). Dissenting Academies Online: Database and Encyclopedia, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies

Rivers I(2012). Scougal's The Life of God in the Soul of Man: the Fortunes of a Book, 1676-1830. Philosophy and Religion in Enlightenment Britain, Editors: Savage, R, Oxford University Press (Oxford),

RIVERS I (2012). Wesleyan Theological Institution: Hoxton (1834-1842) and Abney House (1839-1843). Dissenting Academies Online: Database and Encyclopedia, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies

RIVERS I (2012). Wesleyan Theological Institution: Southern Branch, Richmond (1843-1972). Dissenting Academies Online: Database and Encyclopedia, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies

Rivers I, Wykes DL(2011). Introduction.

Rivers I, Wykes DL(2011). Dissenting Praise: Religious Dissent and the Hymn in England and Wales. Editors: Rivers, I, Wykes, DL, Oxford University Press (Oxford),

RIVERS I, Orchard S (2011). Fletcher, John William (c.1729-1785). Dissenting Academies Online: Database and Encyclopedia, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies

RIVERS I, Orchard S (2011). The Countess of Huntingdon's College, Trevecka (1768-1791). Dissenting Academies Online: Database and Encyclopedia, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies

Rivers I (2011). Toms, Isaac (1710-1801). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press

Rivers I(2010). Philip Doddridge's New Testament: The Family Expositor (1739-56). The King James Bible after Four Hundred Years: Literary, Linguistic, and Cultural Influences, Editors: Hamlin, H, Jones, NW, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge),

Rivers I(2009). Writing the History of Early Evangelicalism. HIST EUR IDEA vol. 35, (1) 105-111.

RIVERS I(2009). John Wesley as Editor and Publisher. The Cambridge Companion to John Wesley, Editors: Maddox, RL, Vickers, JE, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge),

RIVERS I(2009). Religious Publishing. The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, vol. 5, 1695–1830, Editors: Suarez, M, Turner, M, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge),

RIVERS I (2009). The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press (Oxford),

Rivers I(2009). Writing the History of Early Evangelicalism. History of European Ideas vol. 35, 105-111.

RIVERS I, Wykes DL(2008). Joseph Priestley, Scientist, Philosopher and Theologian. Editors: Rivers, I, Wykes, DL, Oxford University Press (Oxford),

RIVERS I(2008). William Law and Religious Revival: The Reception of A Serious Call. Huntington Library Quarterly vol. 71:4, 633-649.

Rivers I(2007). The Evangelical conversion narrative: Spiritual autobiography in early modern England. MOD LANG REV vol. 102, 483-484.

Rivers I(2007). The first evangelical tract society. HIST J vol. 50, (1) 1-22.

Rivers I(2007). Poetry and the creation of a Whig literary culture 1681-1714. MOD LANG REV vol. 102, 211-212.

Rivers I(2007). The Society for Promoting Religious Knowledge among the Poor. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online, Oxford University Press (Oxford),

Rivers I (2007). The Society for Promoting Religious Knowledge among the Poor (act. 1750–1920s). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press

Rivers I (2007). Williams, Joseph (1692–1755). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press

RIVERS I(2006). Joseph Williams (1692 - 1755). The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online, Editors: Goldman, L, Oxford UP (Oxford),

RIVERS I(2005). Joseph Williams of Kidderminster (1692 - 1755) and his Journal. Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society vol. 7, 358-378.

RIVERS I(2005). Religion and Literature. The Cambridge History of English Literature, 1660 - 1780, Editors: Richetti, J, Cambridge UP (Cambridge),

RIVERS I(2004). Balguy, John (1686 - 1748). The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Editors: Matthew, C, Harrison, B, Oxford University Press (Oxford),

Rivers I(2004). Balguy, Thomas (1716 - 1795);. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Editors: Matthew, C, Harrison, B, Oxford University Press

Rivers I(2004). Doddridge, Philip (1702 - 1751). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Editors: Matthew, C, Harrison, B, Oxford University Press (Oxford),

Rivers I(2004). Glimpses of glory John Bunyan and English dissent. ALBION vol. 35, (4) 648-650.

Rivers I(2004). Haime, John (1708 - 1784). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Editors: Matthew, C, Harrison, B, Oxford University Press (Oxford),

Rivers I(2004). Hervey, James (1714 - 1758). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press (Oxford),

Rivers I(2004). Law, William (1686 - 1761). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Editors: Matthew, C, Harrison, B, Oxford University Press (Oxford),

Rivers I(2004). Staniforth, Sampson (c.1720 - 1799). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Editors: Matthew, C, Harrison, B, Oxford University Press (Oxford),

Rivers I(2004). Tillotson, John (1630 - 1694). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Editors: Matthew, C, Harrison, B, Oxford University Press (Oxford),

Rivers I(2004). Watts, Isaac (1674 - 1748). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Editors: Matthew, C, Harrison, B, Oxford University Press (Oxford),

RIVERS I(2003). Charles Bulkley, the Baptist Shaftesburian. Il Gentlemen Filosofo: Nuovi Saggi su Shaftesbury, Editors: Zanardi, P, Carabelli, G, Il Poligrafo (Padova),

Rivers I(2003). John Wesley and religious biography. BULLETIN OF THE JOHN RYLANDS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF MANCHESTER vol. 85, (2-3) 209-226.

RIVERS I(2003). The Defence of Truth through the Knowledge of Error: Philip Doddridge's Academy Lectures. Dr Williams's Trust (London),

Rivers I(2003). The power of the passive self in English literature, 1640-1770. ALBION vol. 35, (3) 485-486.

RIVERS I(2001). Responses to Hume on Religion by Anglicans and Dissenters. Journal of Ecclesiastical History vol. 52:4, 675-695.

RIVERS I(2001). Biographical Dictionaries and their Uses from Bayle to Chalmers. Books and their Readers in Eighteenth-Century England: New Essays, Editors: Rivers, I, Leicester University Press (London and New York),

Rivers I(2001). Books and their Readers in Eighteenth-Century England: New Essays. Editors: Rivers, I, Leicester University Press (London, New York),

RIVERS I(2001). Prayer-Book Devotion: the Literature of the Proscribed Episcopal Church. The Cambridge Companion to Writing of the English Revolution, Editors: Keeble, NH, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge),

Rivers I(2000). Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury, 'Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times'. REV ENGL STUD vol. 51, (204) 617-621.

RIVERS I(2000). Reason, Grace, and Sentiment: A Study of the Language of Religion and Ethics in England, 1660-1780: Shaftesbury to Hume. Cambridge University Press (Cambridge),

RIVERS I(1994). Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry. Routledge (London and New York),

RIVERS I(1993). "Galen's Muscles": Wilkins, Hume, and the Educational Use of the Argument from Design. Historical Journal vol. 36, 577-597.

RIVERS I(1993). Shaftesburian Enthusiasm and the Evangelical Revival. Revival and Religion since 1700: Essays for John Walsh, Editors: Garnett, J, Matthew, C, Hambledon Press

RIVERS I(1991). Reason, Grace, and Sentiment: A Study of the Language of Religion and Ethics in England, 1660-1780: Whichcote to Wesley. Cambridge University Press (Cambridge),

RIVERS I(1990). Literature and the History of Ideas. Encyclopedia of Literature and Criticism, Editors: Coyle, M, Routledge (London and New York),

RIVERS I(1988). Grace, Holiness, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Bunyan and Restoration Latitudinarianism. John Bunyan: Conventicle and Parnassus, Editors: Keeble, NH, Oxford University Press (Oxford),

RIVERS I(1982). Books and their Readers in Eighteenth-Century England. Editors: Rivers, I, Leicester University Press (Leicester),

RIVERS I(1982). Dissenting and Methodist Books of Practical Divinity. Books and their Readers in Eighteenth-Century England, Editors: Rivers, I, Leicester University Press (Leicester),

RIVERS I(1981). John Wesley and the Language of Scripture, Reason, and Experience. Prose Studies: history, theory, criticism vol. 4, 252-286.

RIVERS I(1979). Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry. George Allen & Unwin (London),

RIVERS I(1978). "Strangers and Pilgrims": Sources and Patterns of Methodist Narrative. Augustan Worlds, Editors: Hilson, JC, Leicester University Press

RIVERS I(1973). Milton's Life and Times: Aids to Study. John Milton: Introductions, Editors: Broadbent, JB, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge),

RIVERS I(1973). The Making of a Seventeenth-Century Poet. John Milton: Introductions, Editors: Broadbent, JB, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge),

Rivers I(1973). The Poetry of Conservatism, 1600-1745: A Study of Poets and Public Affairs from Jonson to Pope. Rivers Press (Cambridge),