Government by Polemic

James I, the King’s Preachers, and the Rhetorics of Conformity, 1603-1625

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Lori Anne Ferrell

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This is a study of the Anglican Church in the Jacobean period, a time of central importance in English religious and political history. By looking at official words instead of official deeds, the author challenges the recent revisionist position, made by both Anglican apologists and historians, that the reign of James I was an era of religious consensus and political moderation. Analyzing sermons preached and then ordered into print by the king, the book demonstrates that the Jacobean claim to moderation and the pursuit of a so-called via media were rhetorical strategies aimed at isolating Elizabethan-style Calvinist reformers and alienating their supporters. Utilizing sources drawn from history, literature, and religion, this interdisciplinary work combines rhetorical and historical analysis in discussing the major religious and political issues of the period: the union with Scotland, the Gunpowder Plot, the Oath of Allegiance controversy, and the forceful elaboration of anti-Puritanism and ceremonialism in the Church of England. Throughout, the author presents evidence for her claim that the discourse of government is the substance of government.

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Lori Anne Ferrell is Associate Professor of Religion at the Claremont School of Theology and the Claremont Graduate University. She is the co-editor (with David Cressy) of Religion and Society in Early Modern English.

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August 1st, 1998

Author

Lori Anne Ferrell

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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

232

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146x224x20

ISBN-13

9780804732215

Product ID

5312933

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