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John Owen and English Puritanism - Experiences of Defeat (Hardcover)
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John Owen and English Puritanism - Experiences of Defeat (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Studies in Historical Theology
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John Owen was a leading theologian in 17th-century England. As
vice-chancellor of Oxford University, he was a man of immense
intellectual and cultural significance. Through his association
with Oliver Cromwell in particular, he exercised considerable
influence on central government, and became the premier religious
statesman of the Interregnum. The restoration of the monarchy
pushed Owen into dissent, criminalizing his religious practice and
inspiring his writings in defense of high Calvinism and religious
toleration. But Owen transcended his many experiences of defeat,
and his claims to quietism were frequently undermined by rumors of
his involvement in anti-government conspiracies. Crawford Gribben's
biography documents Owen's interactions with the intellectual and
print cultures of his social, political and religious environments;
its narrative is structured around Owen's own publications. In
contrast to the current scholarly consensus, this book emphasizes
Owen's importance as a controversial theologian deeply involved
with his social and political environment. Far from personifying
the Reformed tradition, he helped to undermine it, offering an
individualist account of Christian faith which downplayed the
significance of the Church's means of grace. His work contributed
to the formation of the new religious movement known as
evangelicalism, where his influence still can be seen today.
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