John Owen was a leading theologian in 17th-century England. Through his association with Oliver Cromwell in particular, he exercised considerable influence on central government, and became the premier religious statesman of the Interregnum.
John Owen was a leading theologian in 17th-century England. Through his association with Oliver Cromwell in particular, he exercised considerable influence on central government, and became the premier religious statesman of the Interregnum.
Crawford Gribben has held positions in early modern studies at the University of Manchester, Trinity College Dublin, and Queen's University Belfast, where he is currently professor of early modern British history. He is the author of several books on the print cultures of Puritanism and evangelicalism.
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Preface Introduction 1: Apprentice puritan 2: Emerging theologian 3: Frustrated pastor 4: Army preacher 5: Oxford reformer 6: Cromwellian courtier 7: Defeated revolutionary 8: Restoration politique 9: Nonconformist divine Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
