1st Edition
Social Criticism in Popular Religious Literature of the Sixteenth Century
By Helen C. White
Copyright 1966
344 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1966. This is a study into the question of whether religion in general, and the Christian religion in particular, is to be regarded as an instrument of social stimulation and disturbance, or as a means of social reconciliation and stabilisation by focusing on religious literature of the sixteenth century.
Chapter 1 The Piers Plowman Tradition; Chapter 2 The Utopia and Commonwealth Tradition; Chapter 3 The Reformers and the Wealth of the Church; Chapter 4 Social Radicalism and Religious Reform; Chapter 5 Submission; Chapter 6 Usury; Chapter 7 Contentation; Chapter 8 Alms;
Biography
Helen C. White The University of Wisconsin