Defending the Faith: John Jewel and the Elizabethan Church (Early Modern Studies)

This volume brings together a diverse group of Reformation scholars to examine the life, work, and enduring significance of John Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury from 1560 to 1571. A theologian and scholar who worked with early reformers in England such as Peter Martyr Vermigli, Martin Bucer, and Thomas Cranmer, Jewel had a long-lasting influence over religious culture and identity. The essays included in this book shed light on often-neglected aspects of Jewel’s work, as well as his standing in Elizabethan culture not only as a priest but as a leader whose work as a polemicist and apologist played an important role in establishing the authority and legitimacy of the Elizabethan Church of England. The contributors also place Jewel in the wider context of gender studies, material culture, and social history. With its inclusion of a short biography of Jewel’s early life and a complete list of his works published between 1560 and 1640, __Defending the Faith__ is a fresh and robust look at an important Reformation figure who was recognized as a champion of the English Church, both by his enemies and by his fellow reformers. In addition to the editors, contributors to this volume are Andrew Atherstone, Ian Atherton, Paul Dominiak, Alice Ferron, Paul A. Hartog, Torrance Kirby, W. Bradford Littlejohn, Aislinn Muller, Joshua Rodda, and Lucy Wooding.

This volume brings together a diverse group of Reformationscholars to examine the life, work, and enduring significance ofJohn Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury from 1560 to 1571.

A theologian and scholar who worked with early reformers inEngland such as Peter Martyr Vermigli, Martin Bucer, and ThomasCranmer, Jewel had a long-lasting influence over religious cultureand identity. The essays included in this book shed light onoften-neglected aspects of Jewel's work, as well as his standing inElizabethan culture not only as a priest but as a leader whose workas a polemicist and apologist played an important role inestablishing the authority and legitimacy of the Elizabethan Churchof England. The contributors also place Jewel in the wider contextof gender studies, material culture, and social history.

With its inclusion of a short biography of Jewel's early lifeand a complete list of his works published between 1560 and 1640,Defending the Faith is a fresh and robust look at animportant Reformation figure who was recognized as a champion ofthe English Church, both by his enemies and by his fellowreformers.

In addition to the editors, contributors to this volume areAndrew Atherstone, Ian Atherton, Paul Dominiak, Alice Ferron, PaulA. Hartog, Torrance Kirby, W. Bradford Littlejohn, Aislinn Muller,Joshua Rodda, and Lucy Wooding.

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