Blown by the Spirit
Puritanism and the Emergence of an Antinomian Underground in Pre-Civil-War England
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, History, British
| Author: | David R. Como | ISBN: | 9780804788120 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press | Publication: | January 5, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Stanford University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | David R. Como |
| ISBN: | 9780804788120 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Publication: | January 5, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Stanford University Press |
| Language: | English |
This study explores the intersection of politics, religious thought, and religious culture in pre-revolutionary England, using hitherto unknown or overlooked manuscripts and printed material to reconstruct and contextualize a forgotten but highly significant antinomian religious subculture that evolved at the margins of the early seventeenth-century puritan community. By reconstructing this story, Blown by the Spirit offers a major revision of current understanding of Puritanism and the puritan community. In the process, the author illuminates the obscure and tangled question of the origins of civil-war radicalism, thereby helping to explain the course, consequences, and ultimate failure of the English revolution.
This study explores the intersection of politics, religious thought, and religious culture in pre-revolutionary England, using hitherto unknown or overlooked manuscripts and printed material to reconstruct and contextualize a forgotten but highly significant antinomian religious subculture that evolved at the margins of the early seventeenth-century puritan community. By reconstructing this story, Blown by the Spirit offers a major revision of current understanding of Puritanism and the puritan community. In the process, the author illuminates the obscure and tangled question of the origins of civil-war radicalism, thereby helping to explain the course, consequences, and ultimate failure of the English revolution.
