{"product_id":"the-precisianist-strain-disciplinary-religion-antinomian-backlash-in-puritanism-to-1638","title":"The Precisianist Strain: Disciplinary Religion \u0026 Antinomian Backlash in Puritanism to 1638","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an examination of transatlantic Puritanism from 1570 to 1638  Theodore Dwight Bozeman analyzes the quest for purity through sanctification. The word \"Puritan \" he says  accurately depicts a major and often obsessive trait of the English late Reformation: a hunger for discipline. The Precisianist Strain clarifies what Puritanism in its disciplinary mode meant for an early modern society struggling with problems of change  order  and identity. Focusing on ascetic teachings and rites  which in their severity fostered the \"precisianist strain\" prevalent in Puritan thought and devotional practice  Bozeman traces the reactions of believers put under ever more meticulous demands. Sectarian theologies of ease and consolation soon formed in reaction to those demands  Bozeman argues  eventually giving rise to a \"first wave\" of antinomian revolt  including the American conflicts of 1636-1638. Antinomianism  based on the premise of salvation without strictness and duty  was not so muc\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44960093110325,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807828505","price":194.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807828502.jpg?v=1770390343","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-precisianist-strain-disciplinary-religion-antinomian-backlash-in-puritanism-to-1638","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}