| Exile and Kingdom: History and Apocalypse in the Puritan Migration to America Revised Edition Contributor(s): Zakai, Avihu (Author), Fletcher, Anthony (Editor), Guy, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521521424 ISBN-13: 9780521521420 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: By analyzing the ideological origins of the Puritan migration to America, the author shows how Puritans believed that their removal to New England fulfilled prophetic apocalyptic and eschatological visions. Based on a close reading of Puritan texts, the book explains how Puritans interpreted their migration as a prophetic revelatory event in the context of a sacred, ecclesiastical history, and why they considered it as the climax of the history of salvation and redemption. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Presbyterian - History | Western Europe - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 285.909 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.99" W x 9" (0.92 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian |