Grace Overwhelming: John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, and the Extremes of the Baptist Mind

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 14; p. 131
• Main Author: Simpson, Ken
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2010
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); Bunyan, John (1628-88); English literature

[...]Bunyan's discourse of spiritual extremes is . . . related to an absence of stability' (p. 288) and The Pilgrim 's Progress emphasizes 'a series of ordeals and snares' (p. 300) rather than an exemplary or direct route through the wilderness of the world. In Part I Dunan-...