Creating communities in Restoration England [electronic resource] : parish and congregation in Oliver Heywood's Halifax / by Samuel S. Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Samuel S.

Series:

Studies in the History of Christian Traditions 164.

Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; v. 164

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Halifax (England)--Church history--17th century.

Halifax (England).

Heywood, Oliver, 1629-1702.

Heywood, Oliver.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the nature of religious community at a time when, by some accounts, it was in its death throes. Many have argued that early modern communities suffered too much damage to survive, as cumulative assaults of the Reformation, the rise of Puritanism, and the denominational fragmentation of the Interregnum and Restoration destroyed parish unity forever. Without minimizing the significance of these events, this book argues for the resilience of religious community. By analyzing the religious networks of Oliver Heywood (1630-1702), a strategically-placed and well-documented Presbyterian minister, this work illustrates the flexibility of the communal ideal in the face of the challenges presented by the Long Reformation. Through Heywood’s eyes we watch the inhabitants of the northern parish of Halifax as they cross, and at times blur, the denominational boundaries that loom large both in the heated rhetoric of the time and in recent historiography.

Contents:

pt. 1. Anglicans and dissenters in restoration Halifax

pt. 2. Creating a dissenting society.

Notes:

Title from PDF title page (viewed on Nov. 7, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-208) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-71694-1

90-04-23549-3

OCLC:

816041422

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004235496 DOI