Searle, AA orcid.org/0000-0002-9672-6353 (2018) Bunyan and the Word. In: Davies, M and Owens, WR, (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of John Bunyan. Oxford Handbooks . Oxford University Press , Oxford, United Kingdom , pp. 86-100. ISBN 9780199581306
Abstract
This chapter examines the changing nature of John Bunyan’s relationship with the Word of God as expressed in the Bible and the way it shaped his life and writing in a range of genres. Bunyan’s own conversion experience, engendered by his violent encounters with the Word of God both personally and communally, is considered first. This experience shaped Bunyan’s future readings of Scripture as an author and pastor. His biblical hermeneutic is then analyzed. Finally, the ways in which Bunyan appropriated and was appropriated by the Bible in his life and works is explored by focusing on two themes that consistently characterize scriptural aspects both of his pastoral practice and of his entire oeuvre: marriage and pilgrimage.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Authors 2018. This is an author produced version of a chapter published in The Oxford Handbook of John Bunyan. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | John Bunyan, Bible, Scripture, Word of God, marriage, pilgrimage |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2017 15:42 |
Last Modified: | 01 Jul 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Series Name: | Oxford Handbooks |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199581306.013.24 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:120410 |