Jane Lead and her Transnational Legacy (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)

This book concerns one of early modern England's most prolific female authors, Jane Lead (1624-1704). Well-researched and clearly written, these essays focus on aspects of Lead's thought including her attitudes towards Calvinism, mysticism, androgyny and the apocalypse, her role within the Philadelphian Society, and her transnational legacy - particularly in the German-speaking world and North America. This book suggests that Lead was far more radical than has been supposed. It argues that her religious journey had staging posts, namely an initial Calvinist obsession with sin and predestination wedded to a conventional Protestant understanding of the coming apocalypse, then the introduction of Jacob Boehme's teachings and accompanying visions of a female personification of divine wisdom and finally, the adoption of the doctrine of the universal restoration of all humanity. It locates Lead within a continuing tradition of puritan pastoral thought, showing how her personalised view of the millennium differed from most of her contemporaries and discussing her influence on Pietists and their conceptions of bodily transmutation. It also discusses strategies available to female authors and manuscript circulation as an alternative to print and examines her initial continental reception, particularly within Pietist and Spiritualist circles. Lastly, it traces her afterlife through the relationship between the Philadelphians and the French Prophets, the interest in Lead among the followers of Joanna Southcott and her successors, and the appropriation of Lead's prophecies by two twentieth century movements: Mary's City of David and the Latter Rain movement.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World
Release date:	December 2018
First published:	2016
Editors:	Ariel Hessayon
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-67943-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Religious & spiritual Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian religious experience > Christian mysticism Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Biography > Religious & spiritual Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian religious experience > Christian mysticism Books > Christianity > Christian Religious Experience > Christian mysticism Promotions
LSN:	1-349-67943-7
Barcode:	9781349679430

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