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Revising dominant accounts of Puritanism and challenging the
literary history of sentimentalism, Sympathetic Puritans argues
that a Calvinist theology of sympathy shaped the politics,
religion, rhetoric, and literature of early New England. Scholars
have often understood and presented sentimentalism as a direct
challenge to stern and stoic Puritan forebears: the standard
history traces a cult of sensibility back to moral sense philosophy
and the Scottish Enlightenment, not Puritan New England. In
contrast, Van Engen's work unearths the pervasive presence of
sympathy in a large archive of Puritan sermons, treatises, tracts,
poems, journals, histories, and captivity narratives. Sympathetic
Puritans also demonstrates how two types of sympathy - the active
command to fellow-feel (a duty), as well as the passive sign that
could indicate salvation (a discovery) - pervaded Puritan society
and came to define the very boundaries of English culture,
affecting conceptions of community, relations with Native
Americans, and the development of American literature. By analyzing
Puritan theology, preaching, prose, and poetry, Van Engen
re-examines the Antinomian Controversy, conversion narratives,
transatlantic relations, Puritan missions, Mary Rowlandson's
captivity narrative - and Puritan culture more generally - through
the lens of sympathy. Demonstrating and explicating a Calvinist
theology of sympathy in seventeenth-century New England, the book
reveals the religious history of a concept that has largely been
associated with more secular roots.
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This fresh study from an internationally respected scholar of the
Reformation and post-Reformation eras shows how the Reformers and
their successors analyzed and reconciled the concepts of divine
sovereignty and human freedom. Richard Muller argues that
traditional Reformed theology supported a robust theory of an
omnipotent divine will and human free choice and drew on a
tradition of Western theological and philosophical discussion. The
book provides historical perspective on a topic of current interest
and debate and offers a corrective to recent discussions.
Alan Sell maintains that systematic and constructive theology are
best understood as the product of a conversation with the biblical
writers, the heritage of Christian thought and the current
intellectual environment. The conversation will benefit if the
voices of hinterland writers are heard as well as those of the
theological and philosophical 'giants'. In this book, ten
hinterland theologians associated with English Dissent are
introduced and their writings are discussed. Thomas Ridgley,
Abraham Taylor and Samuel Chandler wrote in the wake of the
Toleration Act of 1689; George Payne and Richard Alliott responded
to the Enlightenment and the Evangelical Revival; D. W. Simon, T.
Vincent Tymms and Walter F. Adeney took account of modern biblical
criticism, and Robert S. Franks and Charles S. Duthie respectively
lived through and followed the heyday of liberal theology. The
study reveals both adjustments and time-lags in theology, and shows
how hinterland theologians can stimulate the ongoing conversation
concerning theological method, philosophico-theological relations,
the Trinity, the atonement and ecumenism.
Little known in America but venerated as a martyr in Iran, Howard
Baskerville was a twenty-two-year-old Christian missionary from
South Dakota who traveled to Persia (modern-day Iran) in 1907 for a
two-year stint teaching English and preaching the gospel. He
arrived in the midst of a democratic revolution-the first of its
kind in the Middle East-led by a group of brilliant young
firebrands committed to transforming their country into a fully
self-determining, constitutional monarchy, one with free elections
and an independent parliament. The Persian students Baskerville
educated in English in turn educated him about their struggle for
democracy, ultimately inspiring him to leave his teaching post and
join them in their fight against a tyrannical shah and his British
and Russian backers. "The only difference between me and these
people is the place of my birth," Baskerville declared, "and that
is not a big difference." In 1909, Baskerville was killed in battle
alongside his students, but his martyrdom spurred on the
revolutionaries who succeeded in removing the shah from power,
signing a new constitution, and rebuilding parliament in Tehran. To
this day, Baskerville's tomb in the city of Tabriz remains a place
of pilgrimage. Every year, thousands of Iranians visit his grave to
honor the American who gave his life for Iran. In this rip-roaring
tale of his life and death, Aslan gives us a powerful parable about
the universal ideals of democracy-and to what degree Americans are
willing to support those ideals in a foreign land. Woven throughout
is an essential history of the nation we now know as
Iran-frequently demonized and misunderstood in the West. Indeed,
Baskerville's life and death represent a "road not taken" in Iran.
Baskerville's story, like his life, is at the center of a whirlwind
in which Americans must ask themselves: How seriously do we take
our ideals of constitutional democracy and whose freedom do we
support?
Encounter the multifaceted life of one of the most influential and
creative pastors of the past half century with unforgettable
stories of his lifelong devotion to his craft and love of language,
the influences and experiences that shaped his unquenchable faith,
the inspiration for his decision to translate The Message, and his
success and struggles as a pastor, husband, and father. Author Winn
Collier was given exclusive access to Eugene and his materials for
the production of this landmark work. Drawing from his friendship
and expansive view of Peterson's life, Collier offers an intimate
look into a rare, remarkable life that is at once artful, sacred,
and earthy. For Eugene, the gifts of life were inexhaustible: the
glint of fading light over the lake, a kiss from Jan, a good joke,
a bowl of butter pecan ice cream. As you enter into his story,
you'll find yourself doing the same - noticing how the most
ordinary things shimmer with a new and unexpected beauty. Content
Benefits: Warm, fascinating, and uniquely inspirational, this
authoritative and comprehensive story of Eugene Peterson will help
you discover the man behind The Message. * Authorized biography of
Eugene Peterson * Draws on exclusive access to private
correspondence and hours of exclusive interviews with Eugene *
Reveals Eugene's rich theology, love of language and pastoral
insights * Photo insert included * Perfect reading for anyone who
loves The Message * Ideal for anyone who loves biographies
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