Lest We Be Damned - Practical Innovation & Lived Experience Among Catholics in Protestant England, 1559–1642

Through compelling personal stories and in rich detail, McClain reveals the give-and-take interaction between the institutional church in Rome and the needs of believers and the hands-on clergy who provided their pastoral care within England. In doing so, she illuminates larger issues of how believers and low-level clergy push the limits of official orthodoxy in order to meet devotional needs.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1: Knitting the Remnants; Chapter 2: A“Church” without a Church; Chapter 3: Using What's at Hand English Catholic Reinterpretations of the Rosary 1; Chapter 4: Reclaiming the Body; Chapter 5: Lawyers, Jailbirds, Grocers, and Diplomats; Chapter 6: Katholik Kernow; Chapter 7: “Border of Wickedness?”; Chapter 8: From the Old Comes the New

About the author

Lisa McClain is Assistant Professor of History and Director of Women's Studies at Boise State University. She studies popular religion during the Reformation era, and has authored articles in journals such as the Sixteenth Century Journal and the Journal of ReligiousHistory.

Summary

Presenting the Reformation from the viewpoint of ordinary Catholics torn between salvation and damnation, sovereign and pope and faith and social position, this study reveals the daily realities faced by ordinary believers and the clergy who attempted to provide realistic opportunities for Catholics to remain Catholic in Protestant England.

Additional text

'Her detailed investigations into some of the remoter by-ways of ecclesiastical and social history make fascinating reading.' – New Directions

Product details

• Authors: Lisa McClain
• Assisted by: McLaughlin B. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780415967907
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96790-7
• No. of pages: 410
• Weight: 680 g
• Series: Religion in History, Society and Culture; Religion in History, Society and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Education, Perception, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Child & developmental psychology, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599