Religion, Politics and Dissent, 1660-1832: Essays in Honour of James E. Bradley

ISBN-13: 9780754663843 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 268 str.

Cornwall, Robert D.

Opis

The idea of the long 18th century as a period in which religious and political dissent were regarded as antecedents of the Enlightenment has been advanced by several scholars. This collection explores these connections between religious and political dissent in Enlightenment Britain.

Recenzje

’These essays offer rich insights into eighteenth-century Protestantism and are a fitting tribute to their dedicatee, James Bradley.’ Journal of Church and State ’Of those who contributed to this sophisticated recovery of Dissent and its political dimensions, none has been more esteemed as a man and a scholar than James Bradley. This festschrift is a handsome and fitting tribute to his career.’ Archives 'Those readers interested in the intricacies and nuances of politics and religion in England's long eighteenth century should welcome this collection of essays celebrating and building on the scholarship of James Bradley.' Fides et Historia '... each chapter is illuminating, and collectively the authors illustrate the great variety of English religion and Dissent in the long eighteenth century.' Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies 'These essays help to rewrite the role played by religion in eighteenth-century England and provide a more nuanced analysis of its inter-connections with political life, the state church, and the broad spectrum of Dissent.' Journal of Religious History

O autorze

Robert D. Cornwall is Pastor of Central Woodward Christian Church, Troy, Michigan. He holds a PhD in Historical Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, and is author of Visible and Apostolic: The Constitution of the Church in High Church Anglican and Nonjuror Thought (1993) and editor of Gilbert Burnet's Discourse of the Pastoral Care (1997). In addition, he has contributed numerous articles to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. William Gibson is Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Director of the Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History at Westminster Institute of Education, Oxford Brookes University. He has written widely on the Church in the period 1660-1900. Among other books, he is the author of The Church of England 1688-1832, Unity and Accord (2001); Enlightenment Prelate, Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761) (2004) and James II and the Trial of the Seven Bishops (2009).