Worldly Saints: The Puritans As They Really WereZondervan Academic, 28 սեպ, 2010 թ. - 300 էջ "Ryken's Worldly Saints offers a fine introduction to seventeenth-century Puritanism in its English and American contexts. The work is rich in quotations from Puritan worthies and is ideally suited to general readers who have not delved widely into Puritan literature. It will also be a source of information and inspiration to those who seek a clearer understanding of the Puritan roots of American Christianity." -Harry Stout, Yale University "...the typical Puritans were not wild men, fierce and freaky, religious fanatics and social extremists, but sober, conscientious, and cultured citizens, persons of principle, determined and disciplined excelling in the domestic virtues, and with no obvious shortcomings save a tendency to run to words when saying anything important, whether to God or to a man. At last the record has been put straight." -J.I. Packer, Regent College "Worldly Saints provides a revealing treasury of primary and secondary evidence for understanding the Puritans, who they were, what they believed, and how they acted. This is a book of value and interest for scholars and students, clergy and laity alike." -Roland Mushat Frye, University of Pennsylvania "A very persuasive...most interesting book...stuffed with quotations from Puritan sources, almost to the point of making it a mini-anthology." -Publishers Weekly "With Worldly Saints, Christians of all persuasions have a tool that provides ready access to the vast treasures of Puritan thought." -Christianity Today "Ryken writes with a vigor and enthusiasm that makes delightful reading-never a dull moment." -Fides et Historia "Worldly Saints provides a valuable picture of Puritan life and values. It should be useful for general readers as well as for students of history and literature." -Christianity and Literature |
From inside the book
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... believed, partly in an effort to correct modern misconceptions about them. Too often it is assumed that the Puritans did not share the most enlightened views of their cultures; I have tried to show that they usually did and were often ...
... believing or practicing something. The Puritans had a completely developed doctrine of Creation. They believed that God had created the physical and human world and therefore it was good in principle. They believed that the physical ...
... believed that hard work was a virtue and that God had called every individual to perform worldly business in a Christian, moral manner. He or she felt no guilt about everyday work nor about the money that it might produce. The high ...
... believed about work. For the past three centuries Western civilization has been dominated by a secularized perversion of the original Puritan work ethic. I begin my survey of Puritan beliefs, therefore, with the topic that is ostensibly ...
... believed that if people were in the right calling, God would equip them to perform their work: “When God hath called me to a place, he hath given me some gifts for that place.”30 The Puritans believed in loyalty to a calling. A vocation.
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Marriage and | |
Money | |
Family | |
Puritan Preaching | |
Church and Worship | |
The Bible | |
Education | |
Social Action | |
Some Puritan | |
What the Puritans Did Best | |
Notes | |