REFORMING THE REFORMATION OR PURITANISM IN REVOLUTION?

• Published in: The Historical journal Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 1111 - 1120
• Main Author: HALCOMB, JOEL
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.12.2009
• Subjects: 17th century; Americas; Bunyan, John (1628-88); Civil war; English; History; Puritanism; Radical groups; Radicalism; Reformation; Religion; Religious orthodoxy; Religious practice; REVIEW ARTICLES; Terminology; Theology; United Kingdom; Word meaning; Writers

According to Hardman Moore's calculations, as many as one in four resolved that question with their feet - or, rather, their sea legs. [...]the 1650s were not simply a struggle between the Kirk and the invading English sectarians. Besides these external challenges, the Kirk also faced dissentio...