Gifts and Graces: Prayer, Poetry, and Polemic from Lancelot Andrewes to John Bunyan

by David Gay

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Prayer divided seventeenth-century England. Anglican Conformists such as Lancelot Andrewes and Jeremy Taylor upheld set forms of prayer in the Book of Common Prayer, a book designed to unite the nation in worship. Puritan Reformers and Dissenters such as John Milton and John Bunyan rejected the prayer book and advocated for extemporaneous or free prayer. In 1645, the mainly Puritan Long Parliament proscribed the Book of Common Prayer and dismantled...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1487505280

ISBN13:9781487505288

Release Date:March 2021

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Religion Religion & Spirituality

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