Burning to read : English fundamentalism and its Reformation opponents / James Simpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simpson, James, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading.

Great Britain--Church history--16th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Amid present-day conflagrations, this illuminating book reminds us of the sources, and profound consequences, of Christian fundamentalism in the sixteenth century. Simpson focuses on the cultural transformation in early modern England that allowed common people to read the Bible for the first time. The last wave of fundamentalist reading in the West provoked 150 years of violent upheaval; as we approach a second wave, this powerful book alerts us to our peril.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Illustrations

Note on Citations

Introduction

Chapter One. Two Hundred Years of Biblical Violence

Chapter Two. Good Bible News

Chapter Three. Salvation, Reading, and Textual Hatred

Chapter Four. The Literal Sense and Predestination

Chapter Five. Bible Reading, Persecution, and Paranoia

Chapter Six. History as Error

Chapter Seven. Thomas More and Textual Trust

Chapter Eight. The Tragic Scene of Early Modern Reading

Abbreviations

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-340) and index.

ISBN:

9780674267374

0674267370

9780674043671

0674043677

OCLC:

433616043