Broken Idols of the English Reformation
Broken Idols of the English Reformation

Author: Margaret Aston

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-11-26

Total Pages: 1994

ISBN-13: 1316060470

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Why were so many religious images and objects broken and damaged in the course of the Reformation? Margaret Aston's magisterial new book charts the conflicting imperatives of destruction and rebuilding throughout the English Reformation from the desecration of images, rails and screens to bells, organs and stained glass windows. She explores the motivations of those who smashed images of the crucifixion in stained glass windows and who pulled down crosses and defaced symbols of the Trinity. She shows that destruction was part of a methodology of religious revolution designed to change people as well as places and to forge in the long term new generations of new believers. Beyond blanked walls and whited windows were beliefs and minds impregnated by new modes of religious learning. Idol-breaking with its emphasis on the treacheries of images fundamentally transformed not only Anglican ways of worship but also of seeing, hearing and remembering.

The Supernatural Occurrences of John Wesley
The Supernatural Occurrences of John Wesley

Author: Daniel Jennings

Publisher:

Published: 2012-08-07

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9781478359111

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The world over millions of Christiansattend churches whose roots can betraced back to the ministry of an Anglicanpriest named John Wesley. These includethe Methodists, Nazarenes, Pentecostals,Wesleyans and Charismatics. However,most of these people know very littleabout the amazing power that wasdemonstrated in the life of this humble andChrist-like individual. Compiled here are theaccounts from Wesley's own journal inwhich he records demons being cast outthrough the power of Christ, individualsfalling down, slain in the Spirit while hepreached, supernatural visions, dreamsand cases of miraculous healing from hisown day. Also included are Wesley'sinterpretation of the Baptism of the HolySpirit, his opinion on how to appropriatelyview miracles and the final word fromWesley on whether or not he had the giftof tongues.

A History of Tasmania, from Its Discovery in 1642 to the Present Time
A History of Tasmania, from Its Discovery in 1642 to the Present Time

Author: James Fenton

Publisher:

Published: 1884

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13:

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James Fenton (1820-1901) was born in Ireland and emigrated to Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen's Land) with his family in 1833. He became a pioneer settler in an area on the Forth River and published this history of the island in 1884. The book begins with the discovery of the island in 1642 and concludes with the deaths of some significant public figures in the colony in 1884. The establishment of the colony on the island, and the involvement of convicts in its building, is documented. A chapter on the native aborigines gives a fascinating insight into the attitudes of the colonising people, and a detailed account of the removal of the native Tasmanians to Flinders Island, in an effort to separate them from the colonists. The book also contains portraits of some aboriginal people, as well as a glossary of their language.