- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: Paternoster Press (19 Dec 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 085364800X
- ISBN-13: 978-0853648000
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 14.7 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,342,801 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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During the 16th and 17th centuries various radical groups emerged which sought to break the medieval ties of church and state and restore the vision of the early church. This book provides a witty an lucid examination of the origins and development of these movements and considers their continuing legacy today. Pearse charts the rise and progress of continental Anabaptism both evangelical and heretical through the 16th century. He then follows the story of those English people who become impatient with Puritanism and separated first from the Church of England and then from one another to form the antecedents of later Congregationalists, Baptists and Quakers.
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From cover: During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries various radical grous emerged which sought to break the medieval ties of church and state and restore the vision of the early church. This book gives a witty and lucid examination of the origins and development of these movements and considers their continuing legacy today.
From cover: During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries various radical grous emerged which sought to break the medieval ties of church and state and restore the vision of the early church. This book gives a witty and lucid examination of the origins and development of these movements and considers their continuing legacy today.
Pearse (BA Course Leader at London Bible College and Adjunct Professor of Church History at Evangelical Theological Seminary, Osijek, Croatia) charts the rise of continental Anabaptism - both evangelical and heretical - through the sixteenth century. He then follows the story of those English people who became impatient with Puritanism and separated - first from the Church of England and then from one another - to form the antecedents of later Congregationalists, Baptists and Quakers.
Through their descendants in Europe and America, both movements have been decisive in shaping the modern West including today's secular society.
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This is a truly wonderful book! Meic Pearse provides both a conclusive and fascinating journey through the religious radicals of the 16th and 17th centuries. In this book, which traces the growth and development of continental Anabaptism, Pearse covers all the issues that really matter and informs the reader conclusively about the exciting and wonderfully committed groups that fall under the banner of Anabaptism. Pearse also talks about a great range of individuals who were involved in early Anabaptism. This is greatly enlightening and helps to bring the Anabaptists alive within the book. For anyone interested in, or studying the Anabaptists, this book is an absolute must. It is utterly essential reading within it's field and is highly enlightening. The Anabaptists have been given a grossly unfair press in the past and some of today's writings have helped to even up the balance, and in this to provide the Anabaptists with a fairer press. Pearse's work is the jewel in the crown of recent Anabaptist scholarship, and as I've already hinted at, I can't recommend this book highly enough. This recommendation goes out to anyone who is at all interested in the subject, yet also to anyone who is interested in being informed in exciting issues from history. For me, it is Pearse's dedication in his book that sums up the validity of 'The Great Restoration.' The dedication reads... 'To Ieuan, Bethan and Rhian (Pearse's 3 children): this (or something worryingly like it) is the way; walk ye in it.'
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24 Sep 2004
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At the risk of overstatement, this is the best book I have read in quite some while. Meic Peirse offers a panoramic survey of (protestant inspired) religious radicalism in the 16th and 17th centuries. Part one surveys the continental scene including figures such as the radical Lutheran Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt, what Peirse labels `evangelical Anabaptists' such as Melchior Hoffmann and Menno Simmons, the communist groups like the Hutterites through to the infamous Münster debacle. In the second part of the book Peirse crosses the channel to focus on English radicalism in the 17th century focusses first on the rise of conventicles and ecclesiologically separtist congregations and the rise of both the Particular and General Baptists. Time and again Pierse shows that it was the issue of the Lord's Supper and Infant Baptism that motivated previously loyal Anglicans and to separatism and how the spectre of Münster's Anabaptism hindered the radical's early history. After surveying the more orthodox movements Peirse surveys the more libertine movements such as the Familists, Quakers and Seekers and other miscellaneous groups such as the Grindletonians and Diggers. Finally, Peirse offer a brief history of radical emigrants to America.
Overall, this book is highly recommended especially for all students of Church history or theology and to those who adhere to religious groups for which these radicals are antecedents. The book, while a serious academic (although readable) introduction, is peppered with witty asides. Given this willingness to add personal asides I found the conclusion a little disappointing. I would have liked to see a summary of what we can learn from these often inspiring movement(s) and how this impacts on our contemporary ecclesiologies and Church-State relationships. This notwithstanding this is a book that is definitely recommended.
Overall, this book is highly recommended especially for all students of Church history or theology and to those who adhere to religious groups for which these radicals are antecedents. The book, while a serious academic (although readable) introduction, is peppered with witty asides. Given this willingness to add personal asides I found the conclusion a little disappointing. I would have liked to see a summary of what we can learn from these often inspiring movement(s) and how this impacts on our contemporary ecclesiologies and Church-State relationships. This notwithstanding this is a book that is definitely recommended.
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