Protestant autobiography in the seventeenth-century anglophone world

This book provides a new view of the historical conditions and methods by which godly communities turned personal experience into an authorizing principle. A broad range of life-writing is explored, including Augustine's Confessions, John Bunyan's Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, a...

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Subtitles:Protestant autobiography
Main Author: Lynch, Kathleen 1951- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2012
In:Year: 2012
Reviews:[Rezension von: Lynch, Kathleen, Protestant Autobiography in the Seventeenth Century Anglophone World] (2013) (Nelson, Katie)
Edition:1. publ.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B English language area / Protestant / Autobiography / History 1600-1700
Further subjects:B Protestant converts (English-speaking countries) Biography History and criticism
B Protestantism English-speaking countries History 17th century Sources
B Thesis
B Bibliography
B Protestantism (English-speaking countries) History 17th century Sources
B Protestant converts English-speaking countries Biography History and criticism
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Summary:This book provides a new view of the historical conditions and methods by which godly communities turned personal experience into an authorizing principle. A broad range of life-writing is explored, including Augustine's Confessions, John Bunyan's Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, and Richard Baxter's Reliquiae Baxterianae
This book provides a new view of the historical conditions and methods by which godly communities turned personal experience into an authorizing principle. A broad range of life-writing is explored, including Augustine's Confessions, John Bunyan's Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, and Richard Baxter's Reliquiae Baxterianae
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199643938