Preaching During the English Reformation |
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| Author:
| Wabuda, Susan |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-45395-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2002 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $143.95 |
Book Description:
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This is a study of the religious culture of sixteenth-century England, centred around preaching, and is concerned with competing forms of evangelism between humanists of the Roman Catholic Church and emerging forms of Protestantism.The book shows how Protestant reformers adopted 'preaching Christ' as their strategy to promote new docrine, and it explores shifts in political power towards Protestantism. The book also offers fresh perspectives on fifteenth- and sixteenth-century figures...
More DescriptionThis is a study of the religious culture of sixteenth-century England, centred around preaching, and is concerned with competing forms of evangelism between humanists of the Roman Catholic Church and emerging forms of Protestantism.The book shows how Protestant reformers adopted 'preaching Christ' as their strategy to promote new docrine, and it explores shifts in political power towards Protestantism. The book also offers fresh perspectives on fifteenth- and sixteenth-century figures on every side of the doctrinal divide, including John Rotheram, John Colet, Hugh Latimer, and Anne Boleyn.