Protestant Autobiography in the Seventeenth-Century Anglophone World
Author | : Kathleen Lynch |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2012-03-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199643936 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199643938 |
Rating | : 4/5 (938 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Protestant Autobiography in the Seventeenth-Century Anglophone World by : Kathleen Lynch
Download or read book Protestant Autobiography in the Seventeenth-Century Anglophone World written by Kathleen Lynch and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-22 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.