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
Արդյունքներ 32–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
... interpretation of Puritanism is the product of an irreligious age and overlooks that, even in its political and social and economic manifestations, Puritanism expressed a religious outlook. A modern historian writes, “When we have ...
... interpretation, and once the Puritans began to interpret it they did so in terms of one or another Protestant tradition. In that sense, there was no final escape from human tradition. “Scripture alone” is itself a Protestant tradition ...
... interpreted contemporary historical events within a framework of God's providence and biblical analogues. The Puritan doctrine of calling, or vocation, was a specific application of God's providence to the personal life of every ...
... interpretation of the lines is this: “All that matters is that I have the grace to use my time as though I am always living in my great taskmaster's presence.” Milton obviously viewed himself as responsible to God, and the epithet “my ...
... interpretation of the Puritan work ethic is correct—that the Puritans scorned idleness and praised diligence. Baxter displayed his usual curtness on the subject of idleness: “It is swinish and sinful not to labor.”57 Robert Bolton ...
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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 | |