Shapers of English Calvinism 1660–1714: Variety, Persistence, and Transformation. By Dewey D. Wallace, Jr
David Field has described the 1660 onwards rejection of Calvinism as ‘the single most important feature on the theological landscape of England in the late seventeenth century’. In a year that marks the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Prayer Book and the deprivation from their livings of two thousand...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 780-783 |
| Review of: | Shapers of English Calvinism, 1660 - 1714 (Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2011) (Brydon, Michael)
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| Summary: | David Field has described the 1660 onwards rejection of Calvinism as ‘the single most important feature on the theological landscape of England in the late seventeenth century’. In a year that marks the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Prayer Book and the deprivation from their livings of two thousand Presbyterians it is not difficult to see why Calvinism has been regarded as a spent force in Restoration England. Wallace convincingly demonstrates that this opinion certainly needs to be revised with regard to the Calvinist theological contribution to English religious life. We are guided through five representations of Reformed spiritual and theological discourses that demonstrate continued religious vigour and, in the case of four of them, defy stereotypes of Calvinism. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fls069 |