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A Following Holy Life

Jeremy Taylor and His Writings

A Following Holy Life

Jeremy Taylor and His Writings

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Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
ISBN: 9781853119828
Number of Pages: 226
Published: 29/07/2011
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm

Jeremy Taylor (1613 -1667) rose to prominence in the Golden Age of Anglicanism. After a time in which Calvinist influences had been dominant, a group of writers, collectively known as the Caroline Divines, could write assuredly from a position of having rejected both the claims of Rome and the reformers of Continental Europe.

It was a time when a distinctive Anglican doctrine and piety could flourish and Jeremy Taylor was a key voice. His devotional books, Holy Living and Holy Dying, are spiritual classics, noted for the beauty of their prose and reflecting his celebrated preaching skills. He was a noted moral theologian and this volume draws on his large body of writings - theological and devotional - to introduce students to the breadth of his thought and his lasting influence.

An introductory essay provides a biography, an exploration of his style, sources and influences and an overview of his prolific works. Chaplain to Charles I, Taylor spent the years of the Commonwealth in exile in Wales where he wrote many of his works. At the Restoration he became Bishop of Down and Connor, and Vice-Chancellor of Dublin University.

Kenneth Stevenson

KENNETH STEVENSON was a former Bishop of Portsmouth and a leading authority on the Caroline Divines. His many books include Take, Eat and Watching and Waiting. He died in 2011.

'Stevenson brings out very well the innovative and controversial nature of some of Taylor's writing ... This selection with its excellent introduction is to be welcomed as making Taylor accessible to a new generation.' -- David M. Thompson, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge 201209