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Church polity and politics in the British Atlantic world, c.1635-66 / edited by Elliot Vernon and Hunter Powell.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain.
- Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church of England--Government--History--17th century.
- Church of England.
- Christianity and politics--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Christianity and politics.
- Christianity and politics--North America--History--17th century.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1714.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Religion--17th century.
- North America--Politics and government--17th century.
- North America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Explores church polity and its relationship to politics in the British Atlantic world during the mid-seventeenth century. It addresses the conflicts between church and state, the ecclesial factions of episcopalianism, presbyterianism and congregationalism and the effects of these conflicts at the level of nations and localities.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: church polity and politics in the British Atlantic world, 1635-66 - Elliot Vernon - 2. 'From the Apostles' time': the polity of the British episcopal churches, 1603-62 - Benjamin M. Guyer - 3. Peers, pastors, and the particular church: the failure of congregational ideas in the Mersey Basin region, 1636-41 - James Mawdesley - 4. 'One of the least things in religion': the Welsh experience of church polity, 1640-60 - Stephen K. Roberts - 5. Polity, discipline and theology: the importance of the covenant in Scottish presbyterianism, 1560-1700 - R. Scott Spurlock - 6. Presbyterian ecclesiologies at the Westminster assembly - Chad Van Dixhoorn - 7. 'They agree not in opinion among themselves': two-kingdoms theory, 'Erastianism' and the Westminster assembly debate on church and state, 1641-48 - Elliot Vernon - 8. The New England way reconsidered: an exploration of church polity and the governance of the region's churches - Francis J. Bremer - 9. The association movement and the politics of church settlement during the interregnum - Joel Halcomb - 10. Polity and peacemaking: to what extent was Richard Baxter a congregationalist? - Tim Cooper - 11. 'Promote, protect, prosecute': the congregationalist divines and the establishment of church and magistrate in Cromwellian England - Hunter Powell - 12. The Restoration episcopacy and the interregnum: autobiography, suffering and professions of faith - Sarah Ward Clavier - Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 23, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781526105912
- 1526105918
- 9781526105905
- 152610590X
- OCLC:
- 1136404544
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