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Bunyan's writings. Some dates. Part 1 Bunyan's England, 1628-1688: theEnglish Revolution; the rich, the poor and the middling sort; popularliterature. Part 2 From Elstow to Newport Pagnell and back: theBunyans; in the army. Part 3 "Grace Abounding" and the 1650s: "GraceAbounding to the Chief of Sinners"; Ranters and Quakers; earlywritings; Bunyan and the Bedford congregation. Part 4 Holding on:preaching and imprisonment; adapting to the Restoration; the tinker andthe latitudinarians; the church after the Restoration. Part 5 Bunyans'stheology: some influences; covenant theology; social uses of hell-fire;antinomianism. Part 6 Bunyan's major creative period, 1678 - 1686: "ThePilgrim's Progress"; "The Life and Death of Mr Badman"; "The Holy War";music, singing and poetry; self-denial and humility. Part 7 Last years,dangerous years: Bunyan's printers; the palace beautiful; Kings andAntichrist - seeming delays; posthumous writings - "Who bid the boarcome here?". Part 8 Life after death, 1688 onwards: Bunyan and dissent;Bunyan and the popular culture; Bunyan and the world. Appendix - theradicalism of the New Model Army and the existence of the Ranters.Index.