Protestant autobiography in the seventeenth-century anglophone world / [electronic resource]
by Lynch, Kathleen.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780191738876 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Protestant converts -- English-speaking countries -- Biography -- History and criticism | Protestantism -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 17th century -- SourcesOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This book provides a new view of the historical conditions and methods by which godly communities turned personal experience into an authorizing principle. A broad range of life-writing is explored, including Augustine's Confessions, John Bunyan's Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, and Richard Baxter's Reliquiae Baxterianae.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides a new view of the historical conditions and methods by which godly communities turned personal experience into an authorizing principle. A broad range of life-writing is explored, including Augustine's Confessions, John Bunyan's Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, and Richard Baxter's Reliquiae Baxterianae.
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