Worldly Saints: The Puritans As They Really WereZondervan Academic, 28 sept 2010 - 300 páginas "Ryken's Worldly Saints offers a fine introduction to seventeenth-century Puritanism in its English and American contexts. The work is rich in quotations from Puritan worthies and is ideally suited to general readers who have not delved widely into Puritan literature. It will also be a source of information and inspiration to those who seek a clearer understanding of the Puritan roots of American Christianity." -Harry Stout, Yale University "...the typical Puritans were not wild men, fierce and freaky, religious fanatics and social extremists, but sober, conscientious, and cultured citizens, persons of principle, determined and disciplined excelling in the domestic virtues, and with no obvious shortcomings save a tendency to run to words when saying anything important, whether to God or to a man. At last the record has been put straight." -J.I. Packer, Regent College "Worldly Saints provides a revealing treasury of primary and secondary evidence for understanding the Puritans, who they were, what they believed, and how they acted. This is a book of value and interest for scholars and students, clergy and laity alike." -Roland Mushat Frye, University of Pennsylvania "A very persuasive...most interesting book...stuffed with quotations from Puritan sources, almost to the point of making it a mini-anthology." -Publishers Weekly "With Worldly Saints, Christians of all persuasions have a tool that provides ready access to the vast treasures of Puritan thought." -Christianity Today "Ryken writes with a vigor and enthusiasm that makes delightful reading-never a dull moment." -Fides et Historia "Worldly Saints provides a valuable picture of Puritan life and values. It should be useful for general readers as well as for students of history and literature." -Christianity and Literature |
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... Luther's contemporary, a generation before the word “Puritan” was coined, and went on to the end of the seventeenth century, several decades after “Puritan” had fallen out of general use. He knows that into the making of Puritanism went ...
... Luther and Calvin. English Puritanism (though not American Puritanism) was a minority movement. Although the English Puritans gained immense power within their society (especially in Parliament), they were never a numerical majority ...
... of. All. Legitimate. Typed. of. Work. It was Martin Luther, more than anyone else, who overthrew the notion that clergymen, monks, and nuns were engaged in holier work than the housewife and shopkeeper.3 Calvin quickly added his weight.
... Luther and Calvin. Like the Reformers, the Puritans rejected the sacred-secular dichotomy. William Tyndale said that if we look externally “there is difference betwixt washing of dishes and preaching of the word of God; but as touching ...
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Marriage and | |
Money | |
Family | |
Puritan Preaching | |
Church and Worship | |
The Bible | |
Education | |
Social Action | |
Some Puritan | |
What the Puritans Did Best | |
Notes | |