Histories that Mansoul and Her Wars Anatomize - The Drama of Redemption in John Bunyan's Holy War

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Table of Contents

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, 1660-1688

2.3.1 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 Perspective

3.2.4 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 Key

4.5.1 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 Emanuel

5.4.3 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

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