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Today's common understanding of the important Reformation doctrine of royal priesthood, or the priesthood of all believers, is that it was a somewhat unsophisticated theological metaphor for popular anticlericalism and a rather modern-sounding egalitarian individualism, which could severely undermine the early modern social order. However, this book challenges that typical view, repeated by many modern theologians and historians, through a careful reevaluation of the written artifacts of late medieval and early modern England. Rather than individualism and anticlericalism, most contemporary thinkers shaped their presentation of the doctrine so as to account for the theological and philosophical currents as well as the social and political contexts of their time and place. Such presentations coud be highly nuanced with Christocentric, liturgical, and ecclesiological, as well as political implications.

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Royal Priesthood in the English Reformation is an outstanding contribution to studies in Tudor religious thought as it corrects the view that the universal priesthood was essentially individualistic by situating more firmly in the relevant primary sources. * Andre A. Gazal, Church History *

Royal Priesthood in the English Reformation is an outstanding contribution to studies in Tudor religious thought as it corrects the view that the universal priesthood was essentially individualistic by situating more firmly in the relevant primary sources. Serious students of the English Reformation need to consult this work. -- Church History

Royal Priesthood in the English Reformation is an outstanding contribution to studies in Tudor religious thought as it corrects the view that the universal priesthood was essentially individualistic by situating more firmly in the relevant primary sources. Andre A. Gazal, Church History

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Malcolm B. Yarnell III is Director of the Center for Theological Research and Professor of Systematic Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

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