Protestant autobiography in the seventeenth-century anglophone world / [electronic resource] Kathleen Lynch. Lynch, Kathleen. Protestant converts English-speaking countries Biography History and criticism. Protestantism English-speaking countries History 17th century Sources. BX4825 280.4091752109032 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 19, 2012). This book provides a new view of the historical conditions and methods by which godly communities turned personal experience into an authorizing principle. A broad range of life-writing is explored, including Augustine's Confessions, John Bunyan's Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, and Richard Baxter's Reliquiae Baxterianae. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199643936.001.0001 eng English-speaking countries English-speaking countries