【剑桥指南】Puritanism

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1、thecambridgecompaniontoPURITANISMPuritanwasoriginallyatermofcontempt,andPuritanismhasoftenbeenstereotypedbycriticsandadmirersalike.AsadistinctiveandparticularlyintensevarietyofearlymodernReformedProtestantism,itwasaproductofacutetensionswithinthepost-ReformationChurchofEngland.Butitwa

2、snevermonolithicorpurelyoppositional,anditsimpactreverberatedfarbeyondseventeenth-centuryEnglandandNewEngland.ThisCompanionbroadensourunderstandingofPuritanism,showinghowstudentsandscholarsmightengagewithitfromnewanglesanduncoverthesurprisingdiversitythatfermentedbeneathitssurface.The

3、bookexploresissuesofgender,literature,politicsandpopularcultureinadditiontoaddressingthePuritanscoreconcernssuchastheologyanddevotionalpraxis.CoverageextendstoIrish,Welsh,ScottishandEuropeanversionsofPuritanismaswellastoEnglishandAmericanpractice.Itchallengesreaderstore-evaluatethiscr

4、ucialtrad-itionwithinitswidersocial,cultural,politicalandreligiouscontexts.JohnCoffeyisProfessorofEarlyModernHistoryattheUniversityofLeicester.HispublicationsincludeJohnGoodwinandthePuritanRevolution:ReligionandIntellectualChangeinSeventeenth-CenturyEngland(2006)andPolitics,Religionan

5、dtheBritishRevolutions:TheMindofSamuelRutherford(1997,2002).PaulC.H.LimisAssistantProfessorofReformationHistoryatVanderbiltUniversityDivinitySchool.HeisauthorofInPursuitofPurity,UnityandLiberty:RichardBaxter’sPuritanEcclesiologyinitsSeventeenth-CenturyContext(2004).CambridgeCollection

6、sOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008CambridgeCollectionsOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008cambridgecompanionstoreligionAseriesofcompanionstomajortopicsandkeyfiguresintheologyandreligiousstudies.Eachvolumecontainsspeciallycommissionedchaptersbyinternationalscholarswhichprovideanacces

7、sibleandstimulatingintroductiontothesubjectfornewreadersandnon-specialists.OthertitlesintheseriesthecambridgecompaniontochristiandoctrineeditedbyColinGunton(1997)isbn0521471184hardbackisbn052147695xpaperbackthecambridgecompaniontobiblicalinterpretationeditedbyJohnBarton(1998)isbn05214

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