Reformed identity and conformity in England, 1559–1714

Jake Griesel is Senior Lecturer in Church History and Anglican Studies at George Whitefield College, Cape Town, and Research Associate at North-West University, South AfricaEsther Counsell is an External Research Scholar in History at Trinity College, Cambridge

• Introduction - Jake Griesel and Esther CounsellPart I: Ecclesio-political and liturgical contests1 Contests, contexts, and the boundaries of conformity in early modern England - Jacqueline Rose 2 Protestant jurisdictionalism and the nature of Elizabethan puritan non-conformity - Esther Counsell3 Cathedrals, the Reformed, and the Elizabethan Church - Alice J. Soulieux-Evans4 Sir Francis Hastings, Jacobean non-conformity, and the House of Commons, 1604–10 - Jonathan C. Harris5 Zachary Crofton, the Restoration Church of England, and the dilemmas of partial conformity, 1662–65 - Elliot VernonPart II: Reformed conformist theology and ecclesiology 6 Justifying faith and faith as a virtue in the theology of Richard Hooker - Torrance Kirby7 The best religion? The revived ambitions of the Reformed conformist establishment, 1637–40 - Peter Lake8 The Reformed conformist tradition, 1640–62 - Anthony Milton9 Edward Reynolds and the making of a presbyterian bishop - Christy Wang10 The Reformed theology of Thomas Hobbes: The Answer to Archbishop Bramhall - Mark Goldie11 Reformed orthodoxy as conformity in the post-Restoration Church of England - Jake GrieselAfterword - Diarmaid MacCullochIndex

'The cumulative thrust of this volume of essays is one that requires a rethink on the part of conservative Reformed Protestants. Since the early nineteenth century, our tradition has been supplied with a steady stream of Puritan reprints—all bearing the implication that it was through this line of succession that the future of the English Reformed heritage was ensured, especially after the ejection of nonconforming ministers in 1662. This collection of essays, and the growing body of research reflected in them, demonstrates the utter inadequacy of this research reflected in them, demonstrates the utter inadequacy of this long-established assumption. The transmission and survival of English Reformed thought must be freshly calibrated.'Kenneth J. Stewart, Calvin Theological Journal. 'This book will be of great value to historians of early modern English religion broadly conceived, and the Church of England in particular, especially those concerned with the intersections of theology, politics, and ecclesiastical identity. It is a richly argued contribution to the study of early modern English religion and deserves a central place in future scholarship on the Church of England, the Reformed tradition, and the politics of religious identity.'Adam Quibell, Religious Studies Review