Church Polity and Politics in the British Atlantic World, c. 1635–66

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Front Matter Contents List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction: church polity and politics in the British Atlantic world, c. 1635–66 ‘From the Apostles’ time’: the polity of the British episcopal churches, 1603–62 Peers, pastors and the particular church: the failure of congregational ideas in the Mersey Basin region, 1636–41 ‘One of the least things in religion’: the Welsh experience of church polity, 1640–60 Polity, discipline and theology: the importance of the covenant in Scottish presbyterianism, 1560–c. 1700 Presbyterian ecclesiologies at the Westminster assembly ‘They agree not in opinion among themselves’: two-kingdoms theory, ‘Erastianism’ and the Westminster assembly debate on church and state, c. 1641–48 The New England way reconsidered: an exploration of church polity and the governance of the region’s churches The association movement and the politics of church settlement during the interregnum Polity and peacemaking: to what extent was Richard Baxter a congregationalist? ‘Promote, protect, prosecute’: the congregationalist divines and the establishment of church and magistrate in Cromwellian England The Restoration episcopate and the interregnum: autobiography, suffering and professions of faith Index