Church Polity and Politics in the British Atlantic World, c. 1635–66

Elliot Vernon is a barrister and has published a number of articles on topics relating to mid-seventeenth-century historyHunter Powell is Research Fellow at the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas, Austin and has also worked as lecturer in history at the University of Texas

• 1 Introduction: church polity and politics in the British Atlantic world, c. 1635–66 – Elliot Vernon2 ‘From the Apostles’ time’: the polity of the British episcopal churches, 1603–62 – Benjamin M. Guyer3 Peers, pastors, and the particular church: the failure of congregational ideas in the Mersey Basin region, 1636–41 – James Mawdesley4 ‘One of the least things in religion’: the Welsh experience of church polity, 1640–60 – Stephen K. Roberts 5 Polity, discipline and theology: the importance of the covenant in Scottish presbyterianism, 1560–c. 1700 – R. Scott Spurlock6 Presbyterian ecclesiologies at the Westminster assembly – Chad Van Dixhoorn7 ‘They agree not in opinion among themselves': two-kingdoms theory, ‘Erastianism’ and the Westminster assembly debate on church and state, c. 1641–48 – Elliot Vernon8 The New England way reconsidered: an exploration of church polity and the governance of the region’s churches – Francis J. Bremer9 The association movement and the politics of church settlement during the interregnum – Joel Halcomb10 Polity and peacemaking: to what extent was Richard Baxter a congregationalist? – Tim Cooper11 ‘Promote, protect, prosecute’: the congregationalist divines and the establishment of church and magistrate in Cromwellian England – Hunter Powell12 The Restoration episcopacy and the interregnum: autobiography, suffering and professions of faith – Sarah Ward ClavierIndex