John Jewel and the English National Church: The Dilemmas of an Erastian Reformer

ISBN-13: 9780754635857 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 308 str.

Gary W. Jenkins

Opis

Drawing on a variety of sources and scholarship to talk about John Jewel, this work paints a picture not of a theologian and humanist, but an orator and rhetorician, who persistently breached the rules of logic and the canons of Renaissance humanism in an

Recenzje

'There is a great deal to praise in this book. Jenkins's analyses are perceptive, nuanced, and convincing: he does more than any previous author in assembling a portrait of Jewel and his thought that encompasses all aspects of Jewel's life and work.' Renaissance Quarterly 'This book is a provocative and insightful study of a much neglected and pivotal character in the English church, and the tensions and paradoxes exposed lays the ground for further fruitful research.' Themelios ’This is a substantive, authoritative and deeply considered study with over forty pages of appendices, bibliography and indices, in many ways much deeper and more considered than previous works on Jewel... Jenkins work is set to be the benchmark study on John Jewel, and provide a template for other studies of key Reformation figures: a sound methodological fusion of history and theology, and an account which should become standard reading for Reformation students in both theology and history.’ The Heythrop Journal ’Jenkins's book definitely stands out: not as the standard, narrative biography most readers grew up reading, but as intellectual biography... This painstakingly researched book belongs in the libraries of seminaries and research institutions, as it is required reading for those interested in the religious and intellectual history of the 1560s and 1570s.’ Anglican and Episcopal History ’... a rewarding read for the student of sixteenth-century England or one intrigued by the challenges of balancing commitments to faith, community, and state.’ Journal of Church and State

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Oxford and exile, Jewel till 1558; Chapter 2 Jewel and the struggle for the Elizabethan Church; Chapter 3 The Catholic reaction to Jewel; Chapter 4 A prelate public and private: Jewel caught between Puritans and princes; Chapter 5 Life as a bishop in Salisbury; Chapter 6 Jewel and the identity of the English national Church;

O autorze

Gary W. Jenkins is Van Gorden Professor in History at Eastern University, USA.