Hot Protestants: A History of Puritanism in England and America

Throughout this 'rise and decline', he charts the 'business of puritanism: fashioning governments and properly reformed Calvinist church establishments that would supervise a unified Christian community and see to it that God's elect were shepherded to heaven' (p. 3). The th...

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Published inBunyan studies no. 25; pp. 116 - 119
Main Author Rowley, Matthew
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2021
Subjects
Church & state
God
Politics
Puritanism
Theocracy
Theology
United Kingdom > UK
England
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Summary:Throughout this 'rise and decline', he charts the 'business of puritanism: fashioning governments and properly reformed Calvinist church establishments that would supervise a unified Christian community and see to it that God's elect were shepherded to heaven' (p. 3). The theology that survived into the eighteenth century and beyond was highly altered in its ambition and influence. Winship is right that Puritanism changed due to fragmentation and the loss of power in Old and New England, and most modern Protestants baulk at their rigid views on matters of church, state and the habits of godliness.
ISSN:0954-0970