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Puritanism^101 she employs the language of union with God, which is more typically Roman Catholic, than the Puritan preference o ...

frequently ignored or even denied in Puritan studies. However, what is missing is an equal sensitivity to the recognition of and ...

Ambrose it will consider only the contemplative-mystical piety within the moderate stream of Puritanism unless directly impacted ...

some of the more familiar names that reflect the contemplative-mystical piety include Joseph Hall^113 , John Preston^114 , Rober ...

theological reflection on Ambrose’s writings or spiritual practices. Benjamin Nightingale (1854-1928), another nonconformist pas ...

Richard Sibbes. Kaufmann places Ambrose in the meditative tradition of Hall yet oddly cites him as an example of heavenly medita ...

There are three dissertations that in varying degrees mention Ambrose. However, before exploring them there is one thesis that p ...

conferences and draws upon Ambrose’s teaching on this subject.^134 Both Martone and Jung were highly selective in their usage of ...

expected.”^139 Since Chan wrote his thesis before McGinn’s usage of a broader definition for mysticism he can hardly be faulted ...

while there is a strong dependency upon the direct operation or inner testimony of the Spirit.^146 One is struck by the relative ...

More specifically in Chan’s examination of Isaac Ambrose he explores Bishop Joseph Hall’s influence on the development of medita ...

them. One possible reason for this was because he was still relatively young and had not yet established himself since his first ...

Isaac Ambrose’s theology and piety appears to be highly relevant for the contemporary church. Further, David Tracy asserts that ...

a contemplative-mystical piety does indeed exist within Puritanism.^152 The third school of thought is the emerging collection o ...

We Come to Heaven.^156 This was Ambrose’s only work that was designated by specific editions and the second revised edition was ...

were printed in only one edition no dates will be given in footnote references for these sources. Ambrose also wrote two dedicat ...

in particular those pertaining to specific time period, geographical boundaries, and what themes will be examined.^165 For this ...

Further, Tracy contends that the Scripture of the Old and New Testament “serve for the Christian as the classic judging and tran ...

Provocation is the second step of the interpretive process. Classic texts have the ability to provoke, vex, challenge, unsettle, ...

Third, Tracy emphasizes the need for dialogical conversation with the text.^173 Originally Gadamer and Tracy conceptualized this ...