{"product_id":"shapers-of-english-calvinism-1660-1714-variety-persistence-and-transformation-9780199744831","title":"Shapers of English Calvinism, 1660-1714: Variety, Persistence, and Transformation","description":"Dewey Wallace tells the story of several prominent English Calvinist actors and thinkers in the first generations after the beginning of the Restoration. He seeks to overturn conventional clichés about Calvinism: that it was anti-mystical, that it allowed no scope for the ''ancient theology''\u003cbr\u003ethat characterized much of Renaissance learning, that its piety was harshly predestinarian, that it was uninterested in natural theology, and that it had been purged from the established church by the end of the seventeenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the midst of conflicts between Church and Dissent and the intellectual challenges of the dawning age of Enlightenment, Calvinist individuals and groups dealt with deism, anti-Trinitarianism, and scoffing atheism--usually understood as godlessness--by choosing different emphases in their defense\u003cbr\u003eand promotion of Calvinist piety and theology. Wallace shows that in each case, there was not only persistence in an earlier Calvinist trajectory, but also a transformation of the Calvinist heritage into a new mode of thinking and acting. The different paths taken illustrate the rich variety of\u003cbr\u003eEnglish Calvinism in the period. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis study presents description and analysis of the mystical Calvinism of Peter Sterry, the hermeticist Calvinism of Theophilus Gale, the evangelical Calvinism of Joseph Alleine and the circle that promoted his legacy, the natural theology of the moderate Calvinist Presbyterians Richard Baxter, \u003cbr\u003eWilliam Bates, and John Howe, and the Church of England Calvinism of John Edwards. \u003cem\u003eShapers of English Calvinism, 1660-1714\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates the religious and intellectual history of the era between the Reformation and modernity, offering fascinating insight into the development of Calvinism and also into\u003cbr\u003eEnglish Puritanism as it transitioned into Dissent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dewey D. Wallace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199744831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDewey D. Wallace, Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up in California, earned his Ph.D. at Princeton University, and has taught at George Washington University since 1963. He has published books and articles on British and American religious history, with a particular interest in the English Reformation, Puritanism, and the\u003cbr\u003eseventeenth century, including \u003cem\u003ePuritans and Predestinaton: Grace in English Protestant Theology, 1525-1695\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39937647575155,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_08cb1399-5705-4d00-8f36-ffab162407f2.jpg?v=1647994876","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/shapers-of-english-calvinism-1660-1714-variety-persistence-and-transformation-9780199744831","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}