Blown by the Spirit : Puritanism and the Emergence of an Antinomian Underground in Pre-Civil-War England / David R. Como.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Como, David R., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antinomianism--England--History--17th century.

Antinomianism.

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

Puritans.

England--Church history--17th century.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 513 pages)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study explores the intersection of politics, religious thought, and religious culture in pre-revolutionary England, using hitherto unknown or overlooked manuscripts and printed material to reconstruct and contextualize a forgotten but highly significant antinomian religious subculture that evolved at the margins of the early seventeenth-century puritan community. By reconstructing this story, Blown by the Spirit offers a major revision of current understanding of Puritanism and the puritan community. In the process, the author illuminates the obscure and tangled question of the origins of civil-war radicalism, thereby helping to explain the course, consequences, and ultimate failure of the English revolution.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Prologue

CHAPTER 1. Introduction

CHAPTER 2. The Sinews of the Antinomian Underground

CHAPTER 3. London’s Antinomian Controversy

CHAPTER 4. The Intellectual Context of Controversy: Law, Faith, and the Paradoxes of Puritan Pastoral Divinity

CHAPTER 5. The Kingdom of Traske: The Early Career of John Traske and the Origins of Antinomianism

CHAPTER 6. John Eaton, the Eatonists, and the “Imputative” Strain of English Antinomianism

CHAPTER 7. The Throne of Solomon: John Everarde and the “Perfectionist” Strain of English Antinomianism

CHAPTER 8. The Grindletonians: Protestant Perfectionism in the North of England

CHAPTER 9. Two Strains Crossed: Hybrid Forms of English Antinomianism

CHAPTER 10. Ultra-Antinomianism?

CHAPTER 11. Forging Heresy: Mainstream Puritans and Laudians on Antinomianism

Epilogue: 1640 and Beyond

Conclusion

APPENDIX A. The Influence of Familism in Seventeenth-Century England

APPENDIX B. Familist Extracts from the Diary of Edward Howes (British Library, Sloane MS. 979)

APPENDIX C. Truth and Fiction in the Archives: Sources, Source-Skepticism, and the Sport of Heresy-Hunting

APPENDIX D. Schedule of Errors Alleged Against Roger Brearley, 1616/17

APPENDIX E. Letter of John Eachard, 1631

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-503) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780804788120

080478812X

OCLC:

1178770176