Prisoner of Conscience: John Bunyan on Self, Community, and Christian Faith (Studies in Christian History and Thought): John Dunyan on Self, Community and Christian Faith - Softcover

Johnson, Galen K

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842272233 ISBN 13: 9781842272237

Publisher: Paternoster Press, 2003

Synopsis

This is an interdisciplinary study of John Bunyanas understanding of conscience across his autobiographical, theological, and fictional writings, investigating whether conscience always deserves fidelity, and how Bunyanas view of conscience affects his relationship both to modern Western individualism and historic Christianity.

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Review:

"'Against standard readings of Bunyan as a modern subjectivist, Galen Johnson shows that the great Dissenter constantly resorted to ancient Christian tradition, to both biblical and doctrinal objectivity, to a strict privileging of the Christian community over solitary faith, even to the sacraments. In sum, a revolutionary book for Bunyan studies and the contemporary church alike... 'evangelical scholarship at its very best' Ralph C. Wood, Baylor University."

Synopsis:

An interdisciplinary study of Bunyan's understanding of conscience, to what degree it demands fidelity, and how this affects Bunyan's relationship both to the modern emphasis on individualism and historical Christianity. This book deals with Bunyan's theological, fictional, political and autobiographical writings, often in comparison with his contemporaries, such as the Quakers, John Milton and Richard Baxter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Paternoster Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1842272233
• ISBN 13: 9781842272237
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268