Burning to read [[electronic resource] ] : English fundamentalism and its Reformation opponents / / James Simpson

• Autore: Simpson James <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 274.206
• Soggetto topico: Reading
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Church history 16th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: HI 1150
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-340) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Note on Citations -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Two Hundred Years of Biblical Violence -- Chapter Two. Good Bible News -- Chapter Three. Salvation, Reading, and Textual Hatred -- Chapter Four. The Literal Sense and Predestination -- Chapter Five. Bible Reading, Persecution, and Paranoia -- Chapter Six. History as Error -- Chapter Seven. Thomas More and Textual Trust -- Chapter Eight. The Tragic Scene of Early Modern Reading -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Amid present-day conflagrations, this illuminating book reminds us of the sources, and profound consequences, of Christian fundamentalism in the sixteenth century. Simpson focuses on the cultural transformation in early modern England that allowed common people to read the Bible for the first time. The last wave of fundamentalist reading in the West provoked 150 years of violent upheaval; as we approach a second wave, this powerful book alerts us to our peril.
• Titolo autorizzato: Burning to read
• ISBN: 0-674-04367-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455124303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II