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Practical Predestinarians in England, c. 15901640
Leif Dixon
出版Routledge, 2016-04-08
主題History / Ancient / GeneralReligion / HistoryHistory / GeneralHistory / Europe / RenaissanceReligion / Christian Church / HistoryHistory / HistoriographyHistory / Europe / Great Britain / General
ISBN13170767109781317076711
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nwvtCwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The belief that God eternally and unalterably decrees the election of one part of humankind and the reprobation of the rest has not aged well, but in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the doctrine of predestination was publicised and popularised to an extent unparalleled in the history of Christianity. Why was this? How successfully was the doctrine able to mix with other ideas, and to what effect? And did belief in predestination encourage confidence or despair? Practical Predestinarians is a study of the ways in which the doctrine of predestination was understood and communicated by churchmen in late Tudor and early Stuart England. It connects with debates about the 'popularity' of Protestantism during England's 'long reformation', as well as with the question of whether predestination tended toward inclusive or divisive, and conformist or subversive, applications. Intersecting with recent debates about the popular reception of Protestant preaching, this book focusses upon the pastoral message itself - it is therefore an investigation into the public face of English Calvinism.