Title Godly learning : Puritan attitudes towards reason, learning and education, 1560-1640

Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986

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Description x, 366 pages ; 24 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The problem of definition -- 2. Religion and the godly life -- 3. The limits and proper uses of human reason -- 4. The dangers of learning -- 5. The role and status of ministers -- 6. A learned ministry -- 7. The use of learning in the pulpit -- 8. The godly household -- 9. Reform of the schools -- 10. Schoolmasters -- 11. The reform of higher education -- 12. The institutionalization of reform -- 13. The individualization of reform -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Analysis Great Britain Education Attitudes of Puritans, 1560-1640 Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes index Subject Education -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century. Education -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century. Education -- Great Britain -- History. Learning and scholarship -- History -- 17th century. Pastoral theology -- History of doctrines -- 17th century. Learning and scholarship -- History. Puritans -- Great Britain -- Attitudes. Puritans. LC no. 85011026 ISBN 0521235111

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