Contesting Orthodoxies in the History of Christianity

ELLIE GEBAROWSKI-SHAFER is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on the history of Christianity. She now works in the legal field in Rutland, Vermont (USA), registered as a law clerk in Vermont's Law Office Study Program. ASHLEY NULL is a visiting fellow at the Divinity Faculty of Cambridge University and St. John's College, Durham University. ALEC RYRIE is Professor of the History of Christianity at Durham University. MICHAEL SNAPE is Michael Ramsey Professor of Anglican Studies at Durham University. ELLIE GEBAROWSKI-SHAFER is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on the history of Christianity. She now works in the legal field in Rutland, Vermont (USA), registered as a law clerk in Vermont's Law Office Study Program. ASHLEY NULL is a visiting fellow at the Divinity Faculty of Cambridge University and St. John's College, Durham University. ALEC RYRIE is Professor of the History of Christianity at Durham University.

• 1. 'Jewish Christianity' in antiquity: meaningless category or heuristic irritant?James Carleton Paget2. 'Sola Fide': The Wrong Slogan?Morna D. Hooker3. Both Cromwellian and Augustinian: The influence of Thomas Cromwell on reform within the early modern English Austin FriarsAnik Laferrière4. Lex, Rex, and Sex: The Bigamy of Philipp of Hesse and the Lutheran Recourse to Natural LawKorey D. Maas5. The Authority of Scripture in Reformation Anglicanism: Then and NowAshley Null 6. Orthodoxy and Heresy in the Post-ReformationEuan Cameron7. Profanity and Piety in the Church Porch: The Place of Transgression in Early Modern EnglandEthan Shagan8. Writing on the Walls: Word and Image in the Post-Reformation English ChurchFelicity Heal9. The Myth of the Church of EnglandAlec Ryrie10. Mysticism, orthodoxy and Reformed identity before the English Revolution: the case of John EverardSarah Apetrei11. Sacrilege and the Sacred in England's Second Reformation, 1640-1660Judith Maltby12. 'I had not the patience to be quiet': Arthur Bury and The Naked GospelAlison Dight13. 'A Soul-Corrupting Indifferentism': The Intellectual Development of Benjamin Henry LatrobeJonathan Yonan14. Newman, Dogma and Freedom in the ChurchEamon Duffy15. 'Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?' Reconsidering Religion and the British SoldierMichael Snape16. King James Vulgate Ellie Gabarowski-Shafer17. The Myth of the Anglican Communion?Hannah Cleugh

This is a fine collection of essays, alive with provocative reflections, all centred on the threefold theme of 'the making, breaking and enduring of orthodoxies'. Readers will gain nourishment here and not be disappointed.