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Author:

Bremer, Francis J.

Title:

Lay empowerment and the development of Puritanism / Francis J. Bremer, Professor Emeritus, Millersville University, USA.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

viii, 239 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Puritans.
Laity.
Laity.
Puritans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references. (pages 216-232) and index.

Contents:

The experience and meaning of God's caress -- Thinking of the laity in the English Reformation -- Lay Puritans in Stuart England -- Gatherings of the saints in England and the Netherlands -- Shaping the New England way -- The free grace controversy and redefining the role of lay believers -- The role of the laity in England's Puritan revolution -- Varieties of lay enthusiasm in New England and England -- Responding to the challenges of diversity, 1640-1660 -- Clergy and laity in the later seventeenth century -- Looking backwards, and ahead.

Series:

Christianities in the trans-atlantic world, 1500-1800

ISBN:

1137352884
9781137352880

OCLC:

(OCoLC)897784953

LCCN:

2015001200

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)