English Religious Dissent

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By ERIK ROUTLEY, B.D., M.A., D.Phil.
Sometime Mackennal Lecturer and Tutor in Ecclesiastical History, Mansfield College, Oxford; Minister of
Augustine-Bristo Congregational Church, Edinburgh
Religious Dissent (which Dr Routley takes to include all free church denominations) is to-day as English an institution as the House of Commons. That it was not always so is well enough known; why it became so is not. The Dissenters have never been adept at public relations, and many who are ignorant of their faith regard them as an uncomely—though worthy—body of men. This historical portrait does not paint out their blemishes; but it does give attention to their virtues.
The main purpose is to show the changing nature of Dissent and what it has dissented against, from Wyclif and the early martyrs to the present-day non-Anglican churches in the ecumenical movement. Dr Routley does not trace the history of each denomination: he is concerned rather with the overall pattern of nonconformity.... Tovább

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By ERIK ROUTLEY, B.D., M.A., D.Phil.
Sometime Mackennal Lecturer and Tutor in Ecclesiastical History, Mansfield College, Oxford; Minister of
Augustine-Bristo Congregational Church, Edinburgh
Religious Dissent (which Dr Routley takes to include all free church denominations) is to-day as English an institution as the House of Commons. That it was not always so is well enough known; why it became so is not. The Dissenters have never been adept at public relations, and many who are ignorant of their faith regard them as an uncomely—though worthy—body of men. This historical portrait does not paint out their blemishes; but it does give attention to their virtues.
The main purpose is to show the changing nature of Dissent and what it has dissented against, from Wyclif and the early martyrs to the present-day non-Anglican churches in the ecumenical movement. Dr Routley does not trace the history of each denomination: he is concerned rather with the overall pattern of nonconformity. However, he gives special attention to the early origins of puritanism and he re-examines in detail the cultural and intellectual 'Dissent' of the Reformation, in which the English dissenting tradition has its roots.
This accurate, objective, and very lively social history of the Dissenters will appeal to everyone who reads serious books for the pleasure of reading them. Dr Routley begins by assuming that, for the most part, his readers are not primarily interested in the subject; by the skill and vigour of his narrative he makes sure that they will become, and remain, concerned. Vissza