Lectures on the Pilgrim's Progress, and on the Life and Times of John Bunyan

Cheever Cheever

ISBN 10: 0461351315 / ISBN 13: 9780461351316

Published by HardPress Ltd, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lectures on the Pilgrim's Progress, and on the Life and Times of John Bunyan
• Publisher: HardPress Ltd
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461351315
• ISBN 13: 9780461351316
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 526 grams

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"Lectures On The Pilgrim's Progress, And On The Life And Times Of John Bunyan" by George Barrell Cheever. This volume offers a dual perspective on Bunyan's enduring allegory and the life that shaped it, pairing a biographical portrait of John Bunyan with a contemplative, critical reading of his Pilgrim's Progress. The text surveys the later episodes of the Pilgrim's Progress—Doubting Castle, Delectable Mountains, Beulah, the River of Death, and the eternal city—as allegorical scenes where faith, discipline, and grace are tested and clarified. Cheever maps characters such as Christian and Hopeful, Faithful, Ignorance, Little-Faith, and others against themes of temptation, self-deception, and worldly wisdom, while highlighting central Christian doctrines: justification by faith, prayer, humility, and perseverance. The book also situates Bunyan within his historical milieu—nonconformist persecution in 17th-century England and later religious liberty—arguing for the book's universal Christian relevance and its capacity to instruct readers across generations in the Christian pilgrimage, repentance, and hope in death as entrance to divine life.