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Reformation of the Commonwealth - Thomas Becon and the Politics of Evangelical Change in Tudor England (Hardcover)
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Reformation of the Commonwealth - Thomas Becon and the Politics of Evangelical Change in Tudor England (Hardcover)
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This study considers sixteenth century evangelicals vision of a
godly commonwealth within the broader context of political,
religious, social, and intellectual changes in Tudor England. Using
the clergyman and bestselling author, Thomas Becon (1512-1567), as
a case study, Brian L. Hanson argues that evangelical views of the
commonwealth were situation-dependent rather than uniform,
fluctuating from individual to individual. His study examines the
ways commonwealth rhetoric was used by evangelicals and how that
rhetoric developed and changed. While this study draws from English
Reformation historiography by acknowledging the chronology of
reform, it engages with interdisciplinary texts on poverty, gender,
and the economy in order to demonstrate the intersection of
commonwealth rhetoric with Renaissance humanism. Furthermore, the
experience of exile and the languages of prophecy and companionship
directly influenced commonwealth rhetoric and dictated the
priorities, vocabulary, and political expression of the
evangelicals. As sixteenth-century England vacillated in its
religious direction and priorities, the evangelicals were faced
with a political conundrum and the tension between obedience and
lawful disobedience. There was ultimately a fundamental
disagreement on the nature and criteria of obedience. Hansons study
makes a further contribution to the emerging conversation about
English commonwealth politics by examining the important issues of
obedience and disobedience within the evangelical community. A
correct assessment of the issues surrounding the relationship
between evangelicals and the commonwealth government will lead to a
rediscovery of both the complexities of evangelical commonwealth
rhetoric and the tension between the biblical command to submit to
civil authorities and the injunction to obey God rather than man.
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