Religion in Enlightenment England : an anthology of primary sources / Jayne Elizabeth Lewis, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, Jayne Elizabeth, editor.

Series:

Documents of Anglophone Christianity.

Documents of Anglophone Christianity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

England--Church history--18th century--Sources.

England.

England--Church history--17th century--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Religion in Enlightenment England introduces its readers to a rich array of BritishChristian texts published between 1660 and 1750. The anthology documents the arc of Christian writings from the reestablishment of the Church of England to the rise of the Methodist movement in the middle of the eighteenth century. The Enlightenment era witnessed the explosion ofmass print culture and the unprecedented expansion of literacy across society. These changes transformed many inherited Christian genres--such as the sermon and the devotional manual--while also generating new ones, from the modern church hymn to spiritual autobiography. The authors included in this collection confronted the rise of modern science and forged new rules of modern toleration.Their writing reveals the unprecedented spiritual authority assumed by women and helps explain how emotion moved to the center of religious experience. Religion in Enlightenment England captures the literary energy and excitement unleashed by the Enlightenment itself: authorsengageone another in spirited dialogue that pits reason against revelation, religious conformity against dissent, innovation against tradition, andFreethinking against natural religion. An indispensable asset for any scholar's library, the anthology includes texts by William Law, John Bunyan, Elizabeth Singer Rowe, John and Charles Wesley, Richard Baxter, John Toland, Mary Astell, Daniel Defoe, John Norris, Margaret Fell Fox, Isaac Watts, Thomas Traherne, John Tillotson, William Penn, and Anne Conway.

Contents:

I. Anglican Apologetics. Rule of Faith, 1666 / John Tillotson ; The Duty and Reason of Praying for Governors, 1693 ; Letters concerning the Love of God, 1695 / Mary Astell ; A Practical Treatise upon Christian Perfection, 1726 / William Law

II. Dissenting voices. Women's Speaking Justified, 1666 / Margaret Fell ; A Christian Directory (Directions to the Melancholy), 1674 / Richard Baxter ; Come, and Welcome, to Jesus Christ, 1678 / John Bunyan ; No Cross, No Crown, 1669 / William Penn ; The Shortest Way with the Dissenters, 1702 / Daniel Defoe

III. The Methodist movement. The Character of a Methodist, 1742 / John Wesley ; Marks of the New Birth, 1742 / George Whitefield

IV. Freethinking. A Discourse of Freethinking, 1713 / Anthony Collins ; Christianity Not Mysterious, 1696 / John Toland

V. Nature. The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of Creation, 1691 / John Ray

Creation, 1712 / Richard Blackmore

VI. Visions. A Serious and Pathetical Contemplation of the Mercies of God, 1699 / Thomas Traherne ; The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy, (1690) 1692 / Anne Conway ; The Heavenly Cloud Now Breaking, 1681 / Jane Lead

VII. Miracle. An Exact Relation of the Wonderful Cure of Mary Maillard, 1730 / Anonymous ; Christianity Not Mysterious, 1696 / John Toland ; A Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God, (1705) 1711, 1728 / Samuel Clarke ; Observations on Man, 1749 / David Hartley

Spirits. Saducismus Triumphatus, 1683 / Joseph Glanvill ; An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft, 1718 / Francis Hutchinson ; An Essay on the History and Reality of Apparitions, 1727 / Daniel Defoe

IX. Devotion. Reason and Religion, or The Grounds and Measures of Devotion, 1687 / John Norris ; A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, 1729 / William Law ; Devout Exercises of the Heart, 1737 / Elizabeth Singer Rowe ; Divine Hymns and Poems on Several Occasions (Hymns III, IV, and V), 1704

X. The Hymn. A New Version of the Psalms of David, in English Meter, 1696 / Nicholas Brady and Nahum Tate ; Ye Holy Angels Bright, 1681 / Richard Baxter ; An Evening Hymn, ca. 1670 / Thomas Ken ; How Shall I Sing That Majesty, 1683 / John Mason ; Saints the Salt of the Earth, 1692 / Benjamin Keach ; Hymns and Spiritual Songs; Psalms of David, 1701 / Isaac Watts ; Hymns and Spiritual Poems, 1739, 1749 / Charles Wesley

XI. Spiritual autobiography. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, 1666 / John Bunyan ; A Brief Account of the Gracious Dealings of God, 1750 / Anne Dutton.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781481306669

1481306669

OCLC:

992119362