Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners: Or Brief Faithful Relation Exceeding Mercy God Christ His Poor Servant John (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Bunyan, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140432809 ISBN 13: 9780140432800

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1987

Synopsis

Composed and published while John Bunyan (1628-1688) was in prison for his religious principles, Grace Abounding is an extraordinary spiritual autobiography. It was written in an age when religious radicalism was regarded as socially subversive, and is a haunting, often harrowing and ultimately inspiring account of his inner life: his long struggle with and eventual triumph over doubt and despair, his spiritual regeneration and his subsequent emergence as a preacher and writer of great imaginative power. God and Satan are the chief protagonists in Bunyan's drama, existing not as theological concepts but as terrifyingly immediate adversaries in the competition for his soul. Yet he finds his spiritual defences in the Bible, and Grace Abounding charts his passionate and imaginative involvement with this ultimate source of wisdom.

About this title

About the Author:

John Bunyan was born in 1628 in Elstow, England. He was a Baptist preacher and writer, creating about sixty books and tracts including The Pilgrim's Progress, The Holy War, and Grace Abounding. He died in 1688.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0140432809
• ISBN 13: 9780140432800
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Owens W.