Preface ix
I. The Ministers and Their Times 1
THE SEVENTH-CENTURY BACKGROUND, 1 A PROVINCIAL SOCIETY, 5
II. The Minister's Calling 11
EDUCATION, 11 CLERICAL APPRENTICESHIP, 17 CONGREGATIONAL ELECTION, 24 ORDINATION, 30
III. The Minister's Work 40
DOMESTIC LIFE, 40 PASTORAL LABORS, 46 PREACHING THE GOSPEL, 55
IV. Congregational Clericalism 64
CLERICAL AUTHORITY, 65 MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATIONS, 69
RELIGIOUS LIBERALISM, 78 PREACHING THEMSELVES, 88
V. The Failure of Clericalism 92
LAY PIETY, 92 ANTICLERICALISM, 97 CLERICAL SALARIES, 102
VI. Revivalism 109
COMMUNAL REGENERATION, 109 THE MINISTERS FOSTER A REVIVAL, 112
VII. Toward a New Identity 120
RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIASM, 120 THE MINISTER AS PASTORAL GUIDE, 127
Epilogue 138
Appendix: Length of Ministerial Settlement 143
Abbreviations 144
Notes 145
Bibliography 167
Index 171
I. The Ministers and Their Times 1
THE SEVENTH-CENTURY BACKGROUND, 1 A PROVINCIAL SOCIETY, 5
II. The Minister's Calling 11
EDUCATION, 11 CLERICAL APPRENTICESHIP, 17 CONGREGATIONAL ELECTION, 24 ORDINATION, 30
III. The Minister's Work 40
DOMESTIC LIFE, 40 PASTORAL LABORS, 46 PREACHING THE GOSPEL, 55
IV. Congregational Clericalism 64
CLERICAL AUTHORITY, 65 MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATIONS, 69
RELIGIOUS LIBERALISM, 78 PREACHING THEMSELVES, 88
V. The Failure of Clericalism 92
LAY PIETY, 92 ANTICLERICALISM, 97 CLERICAL SALARIES, 102
VI. Revivalism 109
COMMUNAL REGENERATION, 109 THE MINISTERS FOSTER A REVIVAL, 112
VII. Toward a New Identity 120
RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIASM, 120 THE MINISTER AS PASTORAL GUIDE, 127
Epilogue 138
Appendix: Length of Ministerial Settlement 143
Abbreviations 144
Notes 145
Bibliography 167
Index 171