{"product_id":"christian-identity-piety-and-politics-robert-e-stillman-9780268200411","title":"Christian Identity, Piety, and Politics in Early Modern England","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book challenges the adequacy of identifying religious identity with confessional identity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Reformation complicated the issue of religious identity, especially among Christians for whom confessional violence at home and religious wars on the continent had made the darkness of confessionalization visible. Robert E. Stillman explores the identity of \"Christians without names,\" as well as their agency as cultural actors in order to recover their consequence for early modern religious, political, and poetic history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStillman argues that questions of religious identity have dominated historical and literary studies of the early modern period for over a decade. But his aim is not to resolve the controversies about early modern religious identity by negotiating new definitions of English Protestants, Catholics, or \"moderate\" and \"radical\" Puritans. Instead, he provides an understanding of the culture that produced such a heterogeneous range of believers by attending to particular figures, such as Antonio del Corro, John Harington, Henry Constable, and Aemilia Lanyer, who defined their pious identity by refusing to assume a partisan label for themselves. All of the figures in this study attempted as Christians to situate themselves beyond, between, or against particular confessions for reasons that both foreground pious motivations and inspire critical scrutiny. The desire to move beyond confessions enabled the birth of new political rhetorics promising inclusivity for the full range of England's Christians and gained special prominence in the pursuit of a still-imaginary Great Britain. \u003ci\u003eChristian Identity, Piety, and Politics in Early Modern England\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that early modern literary scholars need to read. It will also interest students and scholars of history and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert E. Stillman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268200416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268200411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d","brand":"Robert E. Stillman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994582221055,"sku":"9780268200411","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bef82db0-c5ea-417c-bf14-f560cfd87c75.jpg?v=1683331007","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/christian-identity-piety-and-politics-robert-e-stillman-9780268200411","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}