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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 October 2023
      19 October 2023
      ISBN:
      9781009306829
      9781009306812
      9781009306799
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009306829
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.03kg, 632 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.9kg, 636 Pages
      • Subjects:
      British History after 1450, History, Religion, Church History
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
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    Subjects:
    British History after 1450, History, Religion, Church History
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
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    Laudianism was both a way of being Christian and a political ideology. This definitive account establishes the theological roots and political resonances of Laudianism, and shows how it was based on the recuperation of the theological principles and ecclesiastical and pietistic ambitions that underpinned it. Peter Lake shows how the Laudians' famous obsession with the beauty of holiness contained a plan for the reinvigoration of both the church and the state. It represented a self-conscious reaction against the long-term evils of puritanism and of the immediate political crisis of the 1620s, caused in turn by the evils of (an often puritan) popularity. The result was a coherent account of the theological, liturgical and political essence of the Church of England. On Laudianism explores how this intensely controversial movement, and the strong reactions it provoked, helped cause the English Civil War, but over the long term provided one of the visions of the national church, one that has been in contention to define 'Anglicanism' ever since.

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    ‘Lake's research has thus definitively put Laudianism on the map as a movement that has taken a place alongside Puritanism and Reformed conformism within the 17th-century English state church.’

    R. W. de Koeijer (in Dutch) Source: Theologia Reformata

    ‘On Laudianism is lengthy and highly detailed; it is a study, as Lake puts it, of the 'public transcript' of the Laudian church, i.e., its sermons, published texts, visitation articles, and correspondence … Lake portrays Laudianism as a distinctly theological movement. It was about ideas: the way God makes himself present; the way God saves; the distinction between sacred and profane; the ordering the world. Lake challenges portrayals of Laudianism as held together merely by a fixation with outward forms… the creative yet disruptive movement of Laudianism, in Lake’s presentation, was about ideas and theology.’

    Calvin Lane Source: The Living Church

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