Seventh-Day Men

Sabbatarians and Sabbatarianism in England and Wales, 1600-1800

AvB.W. Ball

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

The first comprehensive study of the history of the 17th-dentury Sabbatarian movement.The Seventh-day Men' was a title given by contemporaries in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to an emerging body of Christians who observed Saturday, rather than Sunday, as the divinely appointed day of rest and worship. This is an extensively revised edition of the first fully documented account of the Sabbatarian movement and how it spread over England and Wales in the two centuries following the Reformation. Drawing on many rare manuscripts and printed works, Dr Ball provides clear evidence that this Christian movement was far more widespread than is often recognized, appearing in more than thirty counties. The author analyses the movement by tracking down its origins as far back as the Celtic tradition, showing its first appearance as 'modern' Sabbatarianism around 1402, and finally exploring its decline in the eighteenth century. As the first comprehensive study of the subject, this book establishes this movement as a significant strand of thought in the history of English Nonconformity, with considerable influence on the religious life of the period. The first comprehensive study of the history of the Sabbatarian movement in England and Wales. An invaluable source for church historians and all those interested in the religious developments of the early modern period.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-09-25
Mått:156 x 234 x 24 mm
Vikt:655 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:James Clarke and Co Ltd
Antal sidor:470
Upplaga:9002
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9780227173114

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Dr Bryan W. Ball is a retired academic and the author of numerous books, including The Soul Sleepers. Christian Mortalism from Wycliffe to Priestley (James Clarke & Co). He holds a PhD from the University of London and has contributed to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the Encyclopaedia of World Faiths. He was Head of the Religious Studies Department at Newbold College, England, and is currently a Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Avondale, Australia.

Recensioner i media

In writing a second edition Ball's goal of reaffirming Saturday Sabbatarianism within the 'rich kaleidoscope' of seventeenth- and eighteenth- century English religious history, and rescuing it from the inaccuracies of the past and the recent present, has undoubtedly been achieved.

Innehållsförteckning

IllustrationsAbbreviationsIntroduction to the Second EditionIntroduction1. Precedents and Antecedents2. John Traske and Theophilus Brabourne3. The Mill Yard Church4. The London Calvinistic Sabbatarian Churches5. The South and South-West6. The Chilterns and the Thames Valley7. The Cotswolds and the Severn Valley8. South Wales and the Borders9. East Anglia10. The Northern CountiesConclusionAppendicesI. IrelandII. Notes on Supposed Sabbatarian Congregations, 1650-1750III. The More-Chamberlen Church ReconsideredIV. An Annotated Chronological Bibliography of Seventh-day Literature to 1750V. Distribution of the Sabbatarian Movement to 1800 by CountiesVI. Additional Notes for the Second EditionBibliography for the First EditionBibliography for the Second EditionIndex of PlacesIndex of PersonsGeneral Index