Protestant Nonconformist Texts: 1550 to 1700

Protestant Nonconformist Texts: 1550 to 1700
Author: Robert Tudur Jones
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

The is the first of four volumes in a series which illustrates the origins, polities, theologies, worship and socio-political aspects of the several nonconformist traditions of Britain over the period 1550 to 1700.

Protestant Nonconformist Texts: 1550 to 1700

Protestant Nonconformist Texts: 1550 to 1700
Author: Robert Tudur Jones
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2006
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780754638643

The is the first of four volumes in a series which illustrates the origins, polities, theologies, worship and socio-political aspects of the several nonconformist traditions of Britain over the period 1550 to 1700.

Protestant Nonconformist Texts Volume 1

Protestant Nonconformist Texts Volume 1
Author: R. Tudur Jones
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2015-01-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725235315

Like the other volumes in the four-volume series of which it is a part, this book breaks new ground in gathering and introducing texts relating to the origins of English and Welsh Dissent. Through contemporary writings it provides a lively insight into the life and thought of early Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Baptists, and Quakers, as well as of smaller groups no longer extant.

Protestant Nonconformist Texts

Protestant Nonconformist Texts
Author: Robert Tudur Jones
Publisher: Keele University Press
Total Pages: 600
Release: 1999-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781853312304

This work is the first of four volumes in a series which illustrates the origins, polities, theologies, worship and socio-political aspects of the several nonconformist traditions. The series makes available a selection of texts designed to offer a picture of the nonconformist heritage between the mid-16th century to the present day. The texts include: Acts of Parliament; confessions; theological debates within and between the nonconforming traditions; sermons; liturgies; prayers and hymns.

T&T Clark Companion to Nonconformity

T&T Clark Companion to Nonconformity
Author: Robert Pope
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 763
Release: 2013-11-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567655385

Protestant Nonconformity, the umbrella term for Congregationalists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists and Unitarians, belongs specifically to the religious history of England and Wales. Initially the result of both unwillingness to submit to the State's interference in Christian life and a dissatisfaction with the progress of reform in the English Church, Nonconformity has been primarily motivated by theological concern, ecclesial polity, devotion and the nurture of godliness among the members of the church. Alongside such churchly interests, Nonconformity has also made a profound contribution to debates about the role of the State, to family life and education, culture in general, trade and industry, the development of philanthropy and charity, and the development of pacifism. In this volume, for the first time, Nonconformity and the breadth of its activity come under the expert scrutiny of a host of recognised scholars. The result is a detailed and fascinating account of a movement in church history that, while currently in decline, has made an indelible mark on social, political, economic and religious life of the two nations.

The Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions, Volume I

The Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions, Volume I
Author: John Coffey
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2020-05-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0192520989

The Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions, Volume I traces the emergence of Anglophone Protestant Dissent in the post-Reformation era between the Act of Uniformity (1559) and the Act of Toleration (1689). It reassesses the relationship between establishment and Dissent, emphasising that Presbyterians and Congregationalists were serious contenders in the struggle for religious hegemony. Under Elizabeth I and the early Stuarts, separatists were few in number, and Dissent was largely contained within the Church of England, as nonconformists sought to reform the national Church from within. During the English Revolution (1640-60), Puritan reformers seized control of the state but splintered into rival factions with competing programmes of ecclesiastical reform. Only after the Restoration, following the ejection of two thousand Puritan clergy from the Church, did most Puritans become Dissenters, often with great reluctance. Dissent was not the inevitable terminus of Puritanism, but the contingent and unintended consequence of the Puritan drive for further reformation. The story of Dissent is thus bound up with the contest for the established Church, not simply a heroic tale of persecuted minorities contending for religious toleration. Nevertheless, in the half century after 1640, religious pluralism became a fact of English life, as denominations formed and toleration was widely advocated. The volume explores how Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Baptists, and Quakers began to forge distinct identities as the four major denominational traditions of English Dissent. It tracks the proliferation of Anglophone Protestant Dissent beyond England—in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Dutch Republic, New England, Pennsylvania, and the Caribbean. And it presents the latest research on the culture of Dissenting congregations, including their relations with the parish, their worship, preaching, gender relations, and lay experience.

Protestant Nonconformist Texts

Protestant Nonconformist Texts
Author: David Bebbington
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2017-11-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1351151142

This is a series of four substantial volumes designed to demonstrate the range of interests of the several Protestant Nonconformist traditions from the time of their Separatist harbingers in the sixteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. It represents a major project of the Association of Denominational Historical Societies and Cognate Libraries. Each volume comprises a General Introduction followed by texts illustrative of such topics as theology, philosophy, worship and socio-political concerns. This work has never before been drawn together for publication in this way. Prepared by a team of twelve editors, all of whom are expert in their areas and drawn from a number of the relevant traditions, it will provide a much needed comprehensive view of Nonconformity told largely in the words of those whose story it is. The works will prove to be an invaluable resource to scholars, students, academics and specialist and public libraries, as well as to a wider range of church, intellectual and general historians. This volume gathers and introduces texts relating to English and Welsh Nonconformity. Through contemporary writings it provides a vivid insight into the life and thought of the Methodists, Congregationalists, Baptists, Quakers, Unitarians and other groups that formed pieces in the diverse mosaic of the nineteenth-century chapels. Each aspect of Nonconformity has an introductory discussion, which includes a guide to the secondary literature on the subject, and each passage from a primary source is put in context.

Protestant Nonconformist Texts Volume 3

Protestant Nonconformist Texts Volume 3
Author: David W. Bebbington
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2015-02-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1498219179

This volume gathers and introduces texts relating to English and Welsh Nonconformity. Through contemporary writings it provides a vivid insight into the life and thought of the Methodists, Congregationalists, Baptists, Quakers, Unitarians, and other groups that formed pieces in the diverse mosaic of the nineteenth-century chapels. Each aspect of Nonconformity has an introductory discussion, which includes a guide to the secondary literature on the subject, and each passage from a primary source is put in context.

Protestant Nonconformist Texts Volume 4

Protestant Nonconformist Texts Volume 4
Author: David M. Thompson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2015-02-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 172523534X

Contemporary texts are used in this volume to illustrate key themes in the history of Nonconformity in England and Wales. Although the twentieth century was in many ways a century of decline, this book shows that there was still much life in the Nonconformist tradition. It also looks at contemporary issues such as racism and the place of women. Through contemporary writings it provides an insight into the life and thought of the English Free Churches in a century in which they expected to come into their own, only to discover that they faced new challenges and the problems of decline.