Defining the Jacobean Church: The Politics of Religious Controversy, 1603-1625

by Charles W.A. Prior

Book Overview

This 2005 book proposes a model for understanding religious debates in the Churches of England and Scotland between 1603 and 1625. Setting aside 'narrow' analyses of conflict over predestination, its theme is ecclesiology - the nature of the Church, its rites and governance, and its relationship to the early Stuart political world. Drawing on a substantial number of polemical works, from sermons to books of several hundred pages, it argues that rival...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107406889
• ISBN13: 9781107406889
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"