Church polity and politics in the British Atlantic world, c.1635-66. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Elliot Vernon and Hunter Powell.
• Editors: Vernon, Elliot, 1972-; Powell, Hunter
• Contents: 1 Introduction: church polity and politics in the British Atlantic world, c . 1635–66 – Elliot Vernon; 2 ‘From the Apostles’ time’: the polity of the British episcopal churches, 1603–62 – Benjamin M. Guyer; 3 Peers, pastors, and the particular church: the failure of congregational ideas in the Mersey Basin region, 1636–41 – James Mawdesley; 4 ‘One of the least things in religion’: the Welsh experience of church polity, 1640–60 – Stephen K. Roberts; 5 Polity, discipline and theology: the importance of the covenant in Scottish presbyterianism, 1560–c . 1700 – R. Scott Spurlock; 6 Presbyterian ecclesiologies at the Westminster assembly – Chad Van Dixhoorn; 7 ‘They agree not in opinion among themselves': two-kingdoms theory, ‘Erastianism’ and the Westminster assembly debate on church and state, c . 1641–48 – Elliot Vernon; 8 The New England way reconsidered: an exploration of church polity and the governance of the region’s churches – Francis J. Bremer; 9 The association movement and the politics of church settlement during the interregnum – Joel Halcomb; 10 Polity and peacemaking: to what extent was Richard Baxter a congregationalist? – Tim Cooper; 11 ‘Promote, protect, prosecute’: the congregationalist divines and the establishment of church and magistrate in Cromwellian England – Hunter Powell; 12 The Restoration episcopacy and the interregnum: autobiography, suffering and professions of faith – Sarah Ward Clavier; Index
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 283.4209032; Church and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Christianity and politics -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Electronic books; Electronic books; Government
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526105905
• Related ISBNs: 152610590X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: PDF (JSTOR, viewed Jan. 10, 2020).; Note: Print version record.
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