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1 online resource (236 pages) |
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Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World |
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Religious cultures in the early modern world.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Conventions; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Owen's prophetic worldview; I. Owen's eschatological framework; i. A panorama of Western history dominated by the rise of Antichrist; ii. The timetable for the coming destruction of Antichrist; iii. A golden age of latter-day glory; II. Prophetic intertextuality; III. The application of Owen's prophetic worldview to his recent past; i. Encroaching idolatry; ii. The growth of tyranny; IV. Conclusion; 2 The identification and interpretation of providentially significant events |
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I. Identifying providentially significant eventsII. The necessity of interpreting providence; III. The particular eschatological framework Owen used to interpret providence; i. The 'vengeance of the temple' and the 'recompenses for the controversy of Zion'; ii. The 'measuring of the temple' and the restoration of worship; iii. The establishment of a glorious 'new heaven and earth'; IV. Two descriptions of this turbulent transitional period; i. The 'shaking' of heaven and earth; ii. Providential 'dissolutions' and 'alterations'; V. The application of this interpretation of providence |
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VI. Conclusion3 The obligation to 'improve' these providential mercies; I. Understanding the times; II. Improving the times by reformation and separation; i. Reformation and separation in church polity; ii. Reformation and separation in worship; iii. Reformation and separation in doctrine; III. Reformation and separation in Owen's Oxford; IV. Conclusion; 4 The magistrate's response to providentially significant events; I. The godly magistrate in Owen's apocalyptic chronology; i. The 'interest' of Christ and his people; ii. The 'unravelling' of civil and ecclesiastical powers |
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II. The nature of the desired constitutional settlementi. Not destroying civil power, but rather translating it; ii. Ambivalence towards particular political forms; iii. The importance of the rhetoric of providence; III. The magistrate's reform programme; IV. Conclusion; 5 The obligations of the magistrate and the search for a church settlement; I. Defining the boundaries between magistracy and ministry; i. The magistracy must not allow the ministry to meddle in its role; ii. The magistracy must not interfere in the church's worship and discipline |
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Iii. The magistracy must not allow its rightful religious authority to be challengedII. A settlement which must include and protect all the godly; i. Limited toleration for the sake of including all who agreed in fundamentals; ii. Protecting against peace-disturbing blasphemy, heresy and public idolatry; III. Proposals for a church settlement which would see the gospel propagated; IV. Owen's preferred settlement as a via media; V. Conclusion; 6 Warnings of judgment to a negligent nation; I.A sinfully negligent nation; II. Warnings which threatened judgment |
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"John Owen was one of the most significant figures in Reformed Orthodox theology during the Seventeenth Century, exerting considerable religious and political influence in the context of the British Civil War and Interregnum. Using Owen's sermons from this period as a window into the mind of a self-proclaimed prophet, this book studies how his apocalyptic interpretation of contemporary events led to him making public calls for radical political and cultural change. Owen believed he was ministering at a unique moment in history, and so the historical context in which he writes must be equally considered alongside the theological lineage that he draws upon. Combining these elements, this book allows for a more nuanced interpretation of Owen's ministry that encompasses his lofty spiritual thought as well as his passionate concerns with more corporeal events. This book represents part of a new historical turn in Owen Studies and will be of significant interest to scholars of theological history as well as Early Modern historians."--Provided by publisher |
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III. The application of Owen's warnings |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Owen, John, 1616-1683 -- Sermons
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Owen, John, 1616-1683. fast (OCoLC)fst00016982 |
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Prophecy -- Sermons
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- History.
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Prophecy.
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Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Sermons
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Great Britain.
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History.
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Sermons.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351615563 |
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1351615564 |
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