John Owen and English Puritanism [electronic resource] : experiences of defeat / Crawford Gribben.
2016
BX5207.O88 G75 2016eb
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Title
John Owen and English Puritanism [electronic resource] : experiences of defeat / Crawford Gribben.
Author
Gribben, Crawford, author.
ISBN
9780190469948 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 401 pages).
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199798155 doi
Call Number
BX5207.O88 G75 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
285.9092
Summary
John Owen (1616-83) was the most significant theologian in 17th century England, and a key player in the revolution that created the English republic (1649-60). Rising from humble origins, he became preacher at the regicide of Charles I, chaplain to Oliver Cromwell in the invasions of Ireland and Scotland, vice chancellor of the University of Oxford, and the premier religious statesman of the Interregnum. The restoration of the monarchy pushed Owen into dissent, criminalizing his religious practice and driving his writing of eight million words in defense of high Calvinism and religious toleration. But Owen transcended his many experiences of defeat, and his claims to quietism were frequently undermined by rumors of his involvement in anti-government conspiracies. This religious biography traces the evolution of Owen's thinking and religious practice until his emergence as a leader of Restoration nonconformists.
Note
John Owen (1616-83) was the most significant theologian in 17th century England, and a key player in the revolution that created the English republic (1649-60). Rising from humble origins, he became preacher at the regicide of Charles I, chaplain to Oliver Cromwell in the invasions of Ireland and Scotland, vice chancellor of the University of Oxford, and the premier religious statesman of the Interregnum. The restoration of the monarchy pushed Owen into dissent, criminalizing his religious practice and driving his writing of eight million words in defense of high Calvinism and religious toleration. But Owen transcended his many experiences of defeat, and his claims to quietism were frequently undermined by rumors of his involvement in anti-government conspiracies. This religious biography traces the evolution of Owen's thinking and religious practice until his emergence as a leader of Restoration nonconformists.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Oxford studies in historical theology.
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Table of Contents
Apprentice Puritan
Emerging theologian
Frustrated pastor
Army preacher
Oxford reformer
Cromwellian courtier
Defeated revolutionary
Restoration politique
Nonconformist divine.
Emerging theologian
Frustrated pastor
Army preacher
Oxford reformer
Cromwellian courtier
Defeated revolutionary
Restoration politique
Nonconformist divine.