{"product_id":"defending-the-faith-9780271082097","title":"Defending the Faith","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrings together scholars from several disciplines in Reformation studies to examine the life, work, and enduring significance of John Jewel, bishop of Salisbury from 1560 to 1571.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Although John Jewel was an influential figure in the English church, relatively little else has been written about him. Gary W. Jenkins\u003cstrong\u003e’\u003c\/strong\u003es 2006 biography provided an important update of J. E. Booty\u003cstrong\u003e’\u003c\/strong\u003es 1963 work, but otherwise John Jewel\u003cstrong\u003e’\u003c\/strong\u003es significance in the post-Reformation church has been largely ignored. This collection of essays, which grew out of a conference in 2014 marking the 450th anniversary of the publication of Jewel\u003cstrong\u003e’\u003c\/strong\u003es \u003ci\u003eApology for the Church of England\u003c\/i\u003e, provides a remedy to that.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Rosamund Oates \u003ci\u003eCambridge Journal of British Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Historians, literary scholars, and researchers in religious studies will treasure this publication for how clearly it shows Jewel’s connections to diverse thinkers of his time and the generations following, all concerned with articulating the truth of Christianity even when much was in dispute.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Janice Liedl \u003ci\u003eRenaissance and Reformation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An enjoyably erudite pathway into the world of John Jewel, which will only leave the reader longing for a more in-depth engagement with the central subject himself.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Lee Gatiss \u003ci\u003eReading Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: John Jewel and the Invention of the Church in England\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucy Woodring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. John Jewel’s Early Life: Developing a Community of Reformers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngela Ranson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: John Jewel as Theologian, Polemicist, and Apologist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. The Homiletical Theologian: Jewel’s Self-Identity as Preacher of the Word\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndré A. Gazal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. John Jewel at Paul’s Cross: A Culture of Persuasion and England’s Emerging Public Sphere\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTorrance Kirby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. “Silence Is a Fine Jewel for a Woman”: Anne Cooke Bacon, Jewel’s \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e, and Reformed Women’s Publications\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice Ferron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. “A Crime So Heinous”: The Concept of Heresy in John Jewel’s \u003ci\u003eApology of the Church of England\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndré A. Gazal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. An Apology of the Church of England’s Cathedrals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan Atherton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. The Jewel-Harding Controversy: Defending the Champion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngela Ranson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Defending the Defender of the Faith: The Use of History in Responses to Queen Elizabeth’s Excommunication\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAislinn Muller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: The Impact and Legacy of John Jewel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Moses the Magistrate: The Mosaic Theological Imaginaries of John Jewel and Richard Hooker in Elizabethan Apologetics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Dominiak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. The Use and Abuse of John Jewel in Richard Hooker’s Defense of the English Church\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eW. Bradford Littlejohn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Redefining Unity in the Jacobean Church: The Legacy of John Jewel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngela Ranson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Edwin Sandys and the Defense of the Faith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Bastow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Defense, Dialectic, and Dialogue: The Role of the Antagonist in the English Church\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoshua Rodda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. A Multifaceted Jewel: English Episcopacy, Ignatian Authenticity, and the Rise of Critical Patristic Scholarship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul A. Hartog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Defending Reformation Anglicanism: The Bishop Jewel Society at Oxford University, 1947-1975\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Atherstone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: The Publications of the Jewel-Harding Controversy, 1560-1640\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400802279767,"sku":"9780271082097","price":37.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271082097.jpg?v=1730471613","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/defending-the-faith-9780271082097","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}