Worldly Saints

TC95BA masterly introduction to Puritan life by Leland Ryken,covering aspects such as marriage, sex, work and money.Fascinating, accessible reading for all Christians.Leland Ryken Rykens WORLDLY SAINTS offers a fineintroductiontoseventeenth-centuryPuritanisminitsEnglishand American contexts. The work is rich inquotationsfromPuritanworthiesandisideallysuitedtogeneralreaderswhohave not delved widely into Puritanliterature.-HarryStout,YaleUniversity.ChapterscoveraspectsofPuritanliferangingfrommarriageandsextowork,education,socialaction and money. Fascinating,accessiblereadingforallChristiansinterestedinchurchhistory.281pages,fromZondervan.

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"Ryken's Worldly Saints offers a fine introduction to seventeenth-century Puritanism in its English and American contexts. The work is rich in quotations from Puritan worthies and is ideally suited to general readers who have not delved widely into Puritan literature. It will also be a source of information and inspiration to those who seek a clearer understanding of the Puritan roots of American Christianity." -Harry Stout, Yale University ..."the typical Puritans were not wild men, fierce and freaky, religious fanatics and social extremists, but sober, conscientious, and cultured citizens, persons of principle, determined and disciplined excelling in the domestic virtues, and with no obvious shortcomings save a tendency to run to words when saying anything important, whether to God or to a man. At last the record has been put straight." -J.I. Packer, Regent College "Worldly Saints provides a revealing treasury of primary and secondary evidence for understanding the Puritans, who the