Religion, Literature, and Politics in Post-Reformation England, 1540-1688
Religion, Literature, and Politics in Post-Reformation England, 1540-1688

Author: Donna B. Hamilton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-02-29

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 0521474566

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This collection of essays by historians and literary scholars treats English history and culture from the Henrician Reformation to the Glorious Revolution as a single coherent period in which religion is a dominant element in political and cultural life. It seeks to explore the centrality of the religion-politics nexus for this whole period through examining a wide variety of literary and non-literary texts, from plays and poems to devotional treatises, political treatises and histories. It breaks down normal distinctions between Tudor and Stuart, pre- and post-Restoration periods to reveal a coherent (though not all serene and untroubled) post-Reformation culture struggling with major issues of belief, practice, and authority.

A History of Anglican Liturgy
A History of Anglican Liturgy

Author: Geoffrey Cuming

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-03-23

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 134905786X

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'No better way could have been found to mark the end of the long unchallenged reign of Cranmer's Prayer Book than Dr Cuming's superb charting of its history.' Journal of Theological Studies

Christian Ritualizing and the Baptismal Process
Christian Ritualizing and the Baptismal Process

Author: Susan Marie Smith

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2011-11-15

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1630878146

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Most people, even non-Christians, know that Christians gather for worship once a week, and that they are right there to support each other when there is a baptism or a wedding or a funeral. But what about other poignant, vulnerable, or life-changing times? How does the church help people handle changes that in the past, in Christendom, were considered "secular"? Does the church have a role at retirement when one's ministry changes, or when a family's children leave home and familiar patterns seem to grind to a halt? Is there any rite possible for someone who is called to Christian ministry but not to ordination? Or to someone whose vows are broken in divorce? Christian Ritualizing and the Baptismal Process asserts that baptism marks the beginning of a process of participation in Christ's ministry, so that no part of life can finally be considered secular. Susan Marie Smith shows how every passage, healing, and ministry vocation is "holy," and she lays the groundwork needed for every church to create the rituals necessary to lament and celebrate the endings and beginnings that happen in every Christian life.