Grace Abounding: With Other Spiritual Autobiographies (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Bunyan, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192821326 ISBN 13: 9780192821324

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Grace Abounding (1666) is a classic work of spiritual autobiography--a genre which flourished in Calvinist England as anxiety over the state or destiny of one's soul led to rigorous self-scrutiny and the sharing of holy experiences. This edition sets that book alongside other highly interesting and varied contemporary spiritual autobiographies, making its cultural milieu more meaningful to the modern reader. The search for proof of God's favor, in all its personal and psychological intensity, is offered not only from John Bunyan's perspective, but likewise from those of Richard Norwood, John Crook, Lawrence Clarkson, and Agnes Beaumont. Also featured are an introduction, a bibliography, several explanatory notes, and a useful appendix entitled Radical and Nonconformist Groups in 17th-Century England.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

From his conversion and through many trials and temptations, Bunyan reveals how the grace of the Lord was extended to him so that he learned to surrender all of self and rely totally
on Christ.

About the Author:

Anita Pacheco is Visiting Lecturer at the University College of Ripon and York St John, York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0192821326
• ISBN 13: 9780192821324
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Stachniewski John, Pacheco Anita