Becoming Christian
Subtitle: Race, Reformation, and Early Modern English Romance
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780823257140
Subjects: English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700; Religion and literature; Jews in literature; Race in literature; Conversion
Description: "Examines early modern English literary representations of Jews and Muslims converting to Christianity alongside English translations of Calvin's writings, polemical writings, treaties on the sacraments, catechisms, and sermons. Demonstrates that the development of a theology of race in post-Reformation England helped resolved doctrinal controversies about baptism"--