A turbulent, seditious, and factious people : John Bunyan and his church, 1628-1688 / / Christopher Hill

• Autore: Hill Christopher
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] ; ; New York : , : Verso, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (300 pages)
• Disciplina: 828.407
• Soggetto topico: Christian literature, English - History and criticism; Authors, English - Early modern, 1500-1700
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Bunyan's Writings -- Some Dates -- I. Bunyan's England 1628-1688 -- 1. The English Revolution -- 2. The Rich, the Poor, and the Middling Sort -- 3. Popular Literature -- II. From Elstow to Newport Pagnell and Back -- 4. The Bunyans -- 5. In the Army -- i. Newport Pagnell -- ii. Paul Hobson -- iii. Back to Elstow -- III. Grace Abounding and the 1650S -- 6. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners -- i. Spiritual Autobiography -- ii. The Battle of the Texts -- iii. The Lost Inheritance -- 7. Ranters and Quakers -- 8. Early Writings -- i. Anti-Quaker Pamphlets, 1656-1657 -- ii. Dives and Lazarus -- 9. Bunyan and the Bedford Congregation -- i. The Congregation -- ii. Millenarianism -- IV. Holding On -- 10. Preaching and Imprisonment -- 11. Adapting to the Restoration -- i. 'Normality' Restored -- ii. In Jail -- 12. The Tinker and the Latitudinarians -- i. The Subversive Bible -- ii. Bunyan and Edward Fowler -- iii. Tinkers, Education, and Literature -- 13. The Church after the Restoration -- i. Bunyan and his Congregation -- ii. Millenarianism again -- V. Bunyan's Theology -- 14. Some Influences -- i. Luther and Foxe -- ii. Arthur Dent (d. 1607) -- iii. Lewis Bayly (d. 1631) -- iv. Richard Bernard (1567-1641) -- v. William Dell(?1607-1669) -- vi. John Owen (1616-1683) -- vii. The Bible -- 15. Covenant Theology -- i. The Protestant Heritage -- ii. The Will for the Deed -- iii. The Metaphors of Bunyan's Covenant Theology -- 16. Social Uses of Hell-fire -- 17. Antinomianism -- VI. Bunyan's Major Creative Period: 1678-1686 -- 18. The Pilgrim's Progress -- i. The Allegory and its Antecedents -- ii. Sweating Work -- iii. From this World to That Which is to Come -- iv. Progress, Circular, Linear, and Psychological -- v. Satire and Vanity Fair. ; vi. Christian's Wife and Children -- 19. The Life and Death of Mr. Badman -- 20. The Holy War -- i. Allegory and Epic -- ii. Sources for the Epic -- iii. The Holy War and Bedford Corporation -- 21. Music, Singing, and Poetry -- i. Music -- ii. Poems -- 22. Self-denial and Humility -- i. Self-denial -- ii. Songs in The Pilgrim's Progress -- VII. Last Years, Dangerous Years -- 23. Bunyans Printers -- 24. The Palace Beautiful -- i. Baptism and the Church -- ii. Bunyan and the Woman Question -- iii. 'Prayerless Professors' -- 25. Kings and Antichrist: Seeming Delays -- 26. Posthumous Writings: 'Who bid the boar come here?' -- VIII. Life after Death: 1688 Onwards -- 27. Bunyan and Dissent -- 28. Bunyan and Popular Culture -- i. Between Two Cultures -- ii. Prose and Verse -- iii. Bunyan and Milton -- 29. Bunyan and the World -- i. Bunyan the Man -- ii. Bunyan's Contemporary Reputation -- iii. 'Behold it was a Dream' -- Appendix: The Radicalism of the New Model Army and the Existence of the Ranters -- Notes -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: A turbulent, seditious, and factious people
• ISBN: 1-78478-687-X; 1-78478-688-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910158978203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II