Lay Empowerment and the Development of Puritanism

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Lay Empowerment and the Development of Puritanism is written by Francis Bremer and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1137352892 (ISBN 10) and 9781137352897 (ISBN 13).

A study of the rise and decline of puritanism in England and New England that focuses on the role of godly men and women. It explores the role of family devotions, lay conferences, prophesying and other means by which the laity influenced puritan belief and practice, and the efforts of the clergy to reduce lay power in the seventeenth century.