Lay Empowerment and the Development of Puritanism
A study of the rise and decline of puritanism in England and New England that focuses on the role of godly men and women. It explores the role of family devotions, lay conferences, prophesying and other means by which the laity influenced puritan belief and practice, and the efforts of the clergy to reduce lay power in the seventeenth century.
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Lay Empowerment and the Development of Puritanism
A study of the rise and decline of puritanism in England and New England that focuses on the role of godly men and women. It explores the role of family devotions, lay conferences, prophesying and other means by which the laity influenced puritan belief and practice, and the efforts of the clergy to reduce lay power in the seventeenth century.
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Lay Empowerment and the Development of Puritanism

Lay Empowerment and the Development of Puritanism

by F. Bremer
Lay Empowerment and the Development of Puritanism

Lay Empowerment and the Development of Puritanism

by F. Bremer

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A study of the rise and decline of puritanism in England and New England that focuses on the role of godly men and women. It explores the role of family devotions, lay conferences, prophesying and other means by which the laity influenced puritan belief and practice, and the efforts of the clergy to reduce lay power in the seventeenth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781349674978
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 01/14/2014
Series: Illustrated Classic Editions
Edition description: 1st ed. 2015
Pages: 239
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Contents 1. The Experience and Meaning of God's Caress 2. Thinking of the Laity in the English Reformation 3. Lay Puritans in Stuart England 4. Gatherings of the Saints in England and the Netherlands 5. Shaping the New England Way 6. The Free Grace Controversy and Redefining the Role of Lay Believers 7. The Role of the Laity in England's Puritan Revolution 8. Varieties of Lay Enthusiasm in New England and England 9. Responding to the Challenges of Diversity, 1640-1660 10. Clergy and Laity in the Later Seventeenth Century
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