Cambridge Companion Countdown
September 20, 2008

(I have an affinity for alliteration, don’t I).
Amazon.co.uk claim they will have the Cambridge Companion to Puritanism in stock in 10 days time. This will be essential reading for all students of the period. I have pasted the contents list below. Juicy.
Introduction John Coffey and Paul C. H. Lim
 Part I. English Puritanism
 1. Antipuritanism - Patrick Collinson
 2. The growth of English Puritanism - John Craig
 3. Early Stuart Puritanism – Tom Webster
 4. The Puritan revolution - John Morrill
 5. Later Stuart Puritanism - John Spurr
 Part II. Beyond England
 6. Puritanism and the Continental Reformed Churches – Anthony Milton
 7. The Puritan experiment in New England, 1630–1660 - Francis J. Bremer
 8. New England, 1660–1730 - David D. Hall
 9. Puritanism in Ireland and Wales – Crawford Gribben
 10. The problem of Scotland’s Puritans – Margo Todd
 Part III. Major Themes
 11. Practical divinity and spirituality – Charles Hambrick-Stowe
 12. Puritan polemical divinity and doctrinal controversy – Dewey D. Wallace, Jr.
 13. Puritans and the Church of England: historiography and ecclesiology – Paul C. H. Lim
 14. Radical Puritanism, c. 1558–1660 – David R. Como
 15. Puritan millenarianism in old and New England – Jeffrey K. Jue
 16. The Godly and popular culture – Alexandra Walsham
 17. Puritanism and gender – Ann Hughes
 18. Puritanism and literature N. H. Keeble
 Part IV. Puritanism and Posterity
 19. Puritan legacies - John Coffey
 20. The historiography of Puritanism - Peter Lake
September 20, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Now this is what I call a book to keep you bright eyed and excited. It has been a long time in coming,but you know wthat they say – If it’s worth having it’s worth waiting for.
September 27, 2008 at 4:50 pm
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September 27, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Oh dear. Better make that a ‘count-up’. Amazon in the UK have moved the date from 30 Sept to 9 Oct, and more worryingly Amazon US saying 30 Oct. Might have to wait a little longer.
September 27, 2008 at 8:26 pm
That looks amazing – ALL top contributors too.
September 27, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Yes, all the top scholars of Puritanism! And Crawford Gribben.
September 29, 2008 at 10:42 pm
I have already started to read it in detail after browsing throught it at the weekend. Purchased in Belfast last Week – Evangelical Bookshop.
September 30, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Yippee! Mrs. S. got a copy at Blackwell’s in town this evening. Will start reading it tomorrow.