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Richard Greenham was one of the most important and respected
figures among the Elizabethan clergy. His contemporaries described
him as the founder of a previously unknown pastoral art: the cure
of cases of conscience. Despite his fame in the Elizabethan period
as a model pastor, pioneer in reformed casuistry, and founder of
one of the first rectory seminaries, scholars have made little use
of his life and works in their study of Elizabethan religious life.
This study restores Richard Greenham to the central place he held
in the development of Elizabethan Reformed parochial ministry. The
monograph-length introduction includes a biography, an analysis of
his pastoral style, and a study of his approach to curing cases of
conscience. The transcription of Rylands English Manuscript 524,
cross-referenced with the published editions of the sayings, offers
a useful source to scholars who wish to study the collecting and
'framing' process of the humanist pedagogical tradition. The
selection of early published works includes Greenham's (unfinished)
catechism, treatises on the Sabbath and marriage, and advice on
reading scripture and educating children.
These essays emerged from papers presented under the auspices of
the American Academy of Religion. The contributors explored cases
that highlight the development of "historical consciousness" in
diverse Christian traditions from the early sixteenth century to
the early twentieth century. Topics considered range from Erasmus
of Rotterdam and Richard Simon to nineteenth-century Anglicanism,
Catholicism, and European and American Protestantism. Like a
mosaic-with many disparate parts-definite patterns begin to emerge.
First, the contributors demonstrate that historical consciousness
grew out of Christian scholarship, not eighteenth-century
enlightenment thought. Second, they highlight how historical
scholarship implicitly asserted the scholar's authority to critique
cherished assumptions about Christian truth. Finally, the essays
explore how ecclesiastical authorities reacted to these critiques
as challenges to their spiritual authority. This volume contributes
to scholarship that explores Christianity's role in modernity, the
ongoing implications of historical controversies, and the
importance of history in Christian theology.
This collection of essays by a host of leading scholars of religion
reflects on the urgent theological questions of our day. They
present a worthy commendation of the life and academic career of
William M. Shea-particularly his instinctive empathy for the
'other' and the contribution of multiple voices in our
understanding of humanity, of religion, and of Christianity. These
selections address contemporary challenges in the church, academy,
and society, such as epistemology, culture,
ecumenical/inter-religious dialogue, and the manifold nature of
human religious experience.
Sabbatarianism is commonly treated as a puritan characteristic, a theological innovation formulated by precisionists in the 1580s and 1590s, and among the earliest issues dividing conformists and puritans. The English Sabbath challenges this orthodoxy. Using local, ecclesiastical and parliamentary evidence, as well as theological works, Dr Parker traces the origins of this doctrine to medieval scholastic theology and finds a broad consensus on the issue in the Elizabethan and Jacobean Church. Re-examining the Book of Sports controversies and the sabbatarian disputes of the 1630s, the author argues that Laudian propagandists triggered vigorous opposition by denying the orthodoxy of this long-established doctrine and calling its defenders innovators. This propaganda polarized opinion and made sabbatarianism one of the most cherished puritan causes during the Civil War. The book is a significant contribution to current re-appraisals of Tudor and Stuart religious history and to our understanding of the origins of the Civil War.
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