Thomas Cranmer's Doctrine of Repentance: Renewing the Power to Love - Softcover

Null, Ashley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199210004 ISBN 13: 9780199210008

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Although Thomas Cranmer was a key participant in the changes to English life brought about by the Reformation, his reticent nature and lack of extensive personal writings have left a vacuum that in the past has too often been filled by scholarly prejudice or presumption. This volume examines little used manuscript sources to reconstruct Cranmer's theological development on the crucial Protestant doctrine of justification. Ashley Null explores Cranmer's cultural heritage, why he would have been attracted to Luther's thought, and then provides convincing evidence for the Reformed Protestant Augustinianism which Cranmer enshrined in the formularies of the Church of England.

About this title

About the Author:

Ashley Null was formerly Research Fellow and Chaplain at the London Goodenough Trust, London.

Review:

`Review from previous edition There is no doubt that the book will be an excellent source for undergraduate students of the English reformations with a special interest in the development of the doctrine of repentance.'
Dutch Review of Church History

`Scholars of all disciplines will find the book's review of early Tudor penitential theology both accurate and engaging ... Churchmen will be refreshed by a work that treats the themes of justification, election, and anthropology as serious, theological matters still worthy of discussion and
debate today. Reformation scholars will welcome what may be Null's most significant contribution: an excellent scholarly description and analysis of Cranmer's commonplace books, among other manuscript sources.'
Journal of Religious History

`Ashley Null with great industry has effected an impressive reconstruction of the development of Cranmer's doctrine of repentance ... Ashley Null's book is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of Thomas Cranmer's soteriology.'
Journal of Ecclesiastical History

`This is a scholarly and learned work, fresh and original. Null has exhausted all source material, some unpublished, and makes a significant contribution to Cranmer studies. He displays an informed, critical judgement, and reaches sound conclusions. His scholarly and helpful footnotes, most
of them translated into English, are a valuable feature of the work, lending it authority and colour ... helpful summaries at the end of each chapter, and a most informative concluding summary of the whole book.'
ANVIL

`A most important work.'
Expository Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0199210004
• ISBN 13: 9780199210008
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308