Unity in diversity : English Puritans and the Puritan Reformation, 1603-1689 / Randall J. Pederson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pederson, Randall J., 1975- author.

Series:

Brill's series in church history ; Volume 68.

Brill's Series in Church History, 1572-4107 ; Volume 68

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Puritans--England--History--17th century.

Puritans.

England--Church history--17th century.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unity in Diversity presents a fresh appraisal of the vibrant and diverse culture of Stuart Puritanism, provides a historiographical and historical survey of current issues within Puritanism, critiques notions of Puritanisms, which tend to fragment the phenomenon, and introduces unitas within diversitas within three divergent Puritans, John Downame, Francis Rous, and Tobias Crisp. This study draws on insights from these three figures to propose that seventeenth-century English Puritanism should be thought of both in terms of Familienähnlichkeit , in which there are strong theological and social semblances across Puritans of divergent persuasions, and in terms of the greater narrative of the Puritan Reformation, which united Puritans in their quest to reform their church and society.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

1 Historiographical Introduction, Methodology, Hypothesis, and Structure

2 Seventeenth-Century Background

3 John Downame (1571–1652)

4 Francis Rous (1580/81–1659)

5 Tobias Crisp (1600–42/3)

6 Unitas within Diversitas: Downame, Rous, and Crisp

7 Defining Puritans and Puritanism: Narrative and Metanarrative

8 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-27851-6

OCLC:

890982246

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004278516 DOI