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. Ed(S): Dunan-Page, Anne; Prunier, Clotilde - Debating the Faith - 9789400752153 - V9789400752153
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Debating the Faith

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Description for Debating the Faith Hardback. The first to address the role of correspondence in the study of religion, this book shows how letters shaped religious debate in early-modern and Enlightenment Britain, and discusses the materiality of the letters as well as questions of form and genre. Editor(s): Dunan-Page, Anne; Prunier, Clotilde. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HRAM; HRCC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
The first book to address the role of correspondence in the study of religion, Debating the Faith: Religion and Letter Writing in Great Britain, 1550-1800 shows how letters shaped religious debate in early-modern and Enlightenment Britain, and discusses the materiality of the letters as well as questions of form and genre. Particular attention is paid to the contexts in which letters were composed, sent, read, distributed, and then destroyed, copied or printed, in periods of religious tolerance or persecution. The opening section, ‘Protestant identities’, examines the importance of letters in the shaping of British protestantism from the underground correspondence of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Series
International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400752153
SKU
V9789400752153
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About . Ed(S): Dunan-Page, Anne; Prunier, Clotilde
Anne DUNAN-PAGE is Professor of early-modern British studies at the Université de Provence, Aix-Marseille I (France). A specialist in Restoration dissent, she has a particular interest in epistolarity, the relationship between religion and medicine, the early-modern Baptists, and she pursues comparative research on English and French Protestantism. She is the author of Grace Overwhelming: John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress and ... Read more

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