Histories that Mansoul and her wars anatomize : the drama of redemption in John Bunyan's holy war / / Robert J. McKelvey.

• Superior document: Reformed historical theology ; v. 15
• Author: McKelvey, R. J.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Reformed historical theology ; v. 15.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Hauptbeschreibung Robert McKelvey argues that John Bunyan wrote The Holy War as a warfare allegory symbolizing the salvation history of Scripture from a Calvinistic-covenantal perspective. In this cosmic drama of redemption, the ""Histories That Mansoul, and her Wars Anatomize""...

Table of Contents

• Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Preface; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The Question of Ultimate Meaning; 1.2 Statement of Thesis; 1.3 Methodology; 2. The Road to Mansoul; 2.1 The Importance of Context; 2.2 Preparation for War amidst Abounding Grace, 1628-1660; 2.2.1 Bunyan's Background; 2.2.2 Bunyan as a Soldier; 2.2.3 Bunyan as a Spiritual Struggler; 2.2.4 Bunyan as a Preacher; 2.2.5 Bunyan as a Polemical and Doctrinal Writer; 2.2.5.1 Doctrinal Stratagems of the Devil; 2.2.5.2 Present Mercy and Future Judgment; 2.2.5.3 Covenantal Foundations Unfolded
• 2.3 The Tumult of War in the Midst of Settlement, 1660-16882.3.1 Lessons from Prison; 2.3.2 The City to Come; 2.3.3 Hope in the Lord; 2.3.4 The Overthrow of Antichrist; 2.3.5 Counsel for Sufferers; 2.4 Analysis; 3. Mansoul through History; 3.1 From the Birth of His Work to the Tercentenary His Birth; 3.1.1 The Seventeenth Century; 3.1.2 The Eighteenth Century; 3.1.3 The Nineteenth Century; 3.1.4 The Twentieth Century to 1928; 3.2 From Mechanick Preacher to Postmodernism; 3.2.1 The Radical-Historical Perspective; 3.2.2 The Broadly-Evangelical Perspective
• 3.2.3 The Theological-Evangelical Perspective3.2.4 The Marxist Perspective; 3.2.5 The Psychoanalytical Perspective; 3.2.6 The Postmodern Perspective; 3.3 Analysis; 4. In the Porch of Mansoul with a Torch; 4.1 To the Reader; 4.2 Excelling Their Equals in Historiology; 4.2.1 The Wisdom of Men; 4.2.2 The Histories in Question; 4.3 Histories that Mansoul and Her Wars Anatomize; 4.3.1 A Philosophy of History; 4.3.2 The Theme of Warfaring; 4.4 True Stories from the Best of Records; 4.4.1 Bunyan's Doctrine of Scripture; 4.4.2 Bunyan's Approach to the Scriptures; 4.4.3 Bunyan's Use of Allegory
• 4.5 Do No Work without the Key4.5.1 Clarifying Perspicuity; 4.5.2 A Glossy Key in a Glazed Window; 4.6 Analysis; 5. The Drama of Mansoul; 5.1 The Fall of Mansoul; 5.1.1 The Journey into Universe; 5.1.2 The Creation of Mansoul; 5.1.3 The Fall of Diabolus; 5.1.4 The Demise of the Town; 5.2 The Redemption of Mansoul; 5.2.1 The Covenant of Shaddai and Emanuel; 5.2.2 The Provision of Relief by Emanuel; 5.2.3 The Conquest of the Town; 5.3 The Regression of Mansoul; 5.3.1 The Apostasy of Mansoul; 5.3.2 The Army of Doubters; 5.4 The Restoration of Mansoul; 5.4.1 The Early Stages of Restoration
• 5.4.2 The Sword of Emanuel5.4.3 The Attack of Doubters and Bloodmen; 5.4.4 The Blessed State of Mansoul; 5.4.5 The Hanging Ending for Mansoul; 5.5 Analysis; 6. Conclusion; 7. Appendix; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Index; Back Cover