The Puritan Imagination

This book seeks to add a needed introduction to a way of meditation used among early modern English Protestants, influenced by Bishop Joseph Hall. Furthermore, the major role that Hall had in his Arte of Divine Mediation on late-seventeenth-century Protestant spirituality went beyond the practice of meditation and established a positive claim on the role of the imagination in shaping souls, well into the modern period. Within this context, the questions related to ancient understandings of faith and the interrelationship of divine revelation are discussed with fresh insights for our own times. If a revival of interest emerges again in Hall's work, it would be a compelling and fresh impetus to reclaim the broken imagination evident in many parts of the Western Church.

Author: Todd D. Baucum
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: 07/29/2022
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
ISBN13: 9781666792546
ISBN10: 1666792543
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Meditations
- Religion | Mysticism
- Religion | Spirituality

About the Author
Todd Baucum is a chaplain at UnityPoint Health Methodist in Peoria, Illinois. He has been a pastor, seminary teacher, and State House chaplain.