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Zusatztext Baird Tipson has thoroughly mastered the writings and deeds - the life and times - of Thomas Hooker, founder of Connecticut and a leading American Puritan. The result is a splendid biography drawn from close attention to English, Dutch, and American sources, a brilliant (if also harrowing) account of Hooker's sharply predestinarian theology, and a much-needed corrective to misguided attempts at showing the modernity of this crucial figure. It is a strikingly effective book. Informationen zum Autor Baird Tipson is Professor of Religious Studies at Gettysburg College. Klappentext Hartford Puritanism argues for a new paradigm of New England Puritanism! one where Hartford's founding ministers! Thomas Hooker and Samuel Stone! both fully embraced and even harshened Calvin's double predestination. Zusammenfassung Hartford Puritanism argues for a new paradigm of New England Puritanism, one where Hartford's founding ministers, Thomas Hooker and Samuel Stone, both fully embraced and even harshened Calvin's double predestination. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter I: Creating the Thomas Hooker Brand; Chapter II: Hooker and Stone in England! Holland! and New England; Chapter III: The Reformation of Manners in Chelmsford; Chapter IV: Why People Want What They Want: St. Augustine of Hippo and His God; Chapter V: The Search for Alternatives to Extreme Augustinianism; Chapter VI: The Terrifying God of William Perkins! Thomas Hooker! and Samuel Stone; Chapter VII: Richardsonian Ramism; Chapter VIII: Preaching the Gospel in Chelmsford and Hartford; Chapter IX: Learning How To Imagine Conversion; Chapter X: Hooker and Stone Preach Conversion; Chapter XI: Gaining Assurance of Salvation; Chapter XII: Identifying the Saints; Chapter XIII: Concluding Reflections; Appendix: Hooker's Metaphors of Conversion; Abbreviations and Bibliography; Index
