Puritanism and the Pursuit of Happiness
Title | Puritanism and the Pursuit of Happiness PDF eBook |
Author | S. Bryn Roberts |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | 234 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1843839784 |
Reveals a much neglected strand of puritan theology which emphasised the importance of inner happiness and personal piety.
Puritanism and Emotion in the Early Modern World
Title | Puritanism and Emotion in the Early Modern World PDF eBook |
Author | A. Ryrie |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 243 |
Release | 2016-04-29 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1137490985 |
Puritanism has a reputation for being emotionally dry, but seventeenth-century Puritans did not only have rich and complex emotional lives, they also found meaning in and drew spiritual strength from emotion. From theology to lived experience and from joy to affliction, this volume surveys the wealth and depth of the Puritans' passions.
The Call to Happiness
Title | The Call to Happiness PDF eBook |
Author | Nathaniel A. Warne |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Total Pages | 269 |
Release | 2019-12-12 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1978700253 |
In The Call to Happiness, Nathaniel A. Warne examines how sixteenth-and seventeenth-century Puritans adopted a eudaimonistic conception of ethics in their writings. He shows how classical eudaimonism within the Puritan context is related to other areas of theology, ethics, and politics, and that the idea of divine calling or vocation fits within Puritan eudaimonism. Warne further shows how work can also be understood as an aspect of human flourishing when illuminated from within this tradition of Christian eudaimonism alongside the doctrine of calling.
Suffering and Happiness in England 1550-1850
Title | Suffering and Happiness in England 1550-1850 PDF eBook |
Author | Michael J. Braddick |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 273 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0198748264 |
These essays honour leading historian of early modern England, Paul Slack, by engaging with his work on social policy and the history of political economy. They explore how languages of happiness and suffering developed, and how historians might explore the public employment and subjective experiences of happiness and suffering in this period.
The Destiny of Modern Societies
Title | The Destiny of Modern Societies PDF eBook |
Author | Milan Zafirovski |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 632 |
Release | 2009-07-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9047429737 |
This book is a sociological analysis of the relationship between modern society, in particular America, and Calvinism in the Weberian tradition. While the book continues this tradition, it further expands, elaborates on, and goes beyond earlier sociological analyses. The book examines the impact of Calvinism on modern society as a whole, thus extending, elaborating on, and going beyond the previous analyses of the influence of the Calvinist religion only on the capitalist economy. It analyzes how Calvinism has determined most contemporary social institutions, including political, civic, cultural, and economic, in its respective societies, particularly, through its derivative Puritanism, America. For that purpose, the book applies the idea of the destiny of societies or nations to American society in particular. It argues, demonstrates, and illustrates the Calvinist societal "predestination", through the Puritan determination, of American society .
The Clergy in Early Modern Scotland
Title | The Clergy in Early Modern Scotland PDF eBook |
Author | Michelle D. Brock |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | 290 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Clergy |
ISBN | 1783276193 |
A nuanced approach to the role played by clerics at a turbulent time for religious affairs.
The National Covenant in Scotland, 1638-1689
Title | The National Covenant in Scotland, 1638-1689 PDF eBook |
Author | Chris R. Langley |
Publisher | Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | 265 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1783275308 |
What did it mean to be a Covenanter?