Exile and Kingdom - History and Apocalypse in the Puritan Migration to America (Paperback, Revised)


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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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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Product Details

General

Imprint

Cambridge UniversityPress

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History

Release date

August 2002

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

1992

Authors

Dimensions

229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

276

Edition

Revised

ISBN-13

978-0-521-52142-0

Barcode

9780521521420

Categories

LSN

0-521-52142-4



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