Westminster Assembly Project
The following announcement has been made by Reformation Heritage Books:
The
Assembly Project
and Reformation Heritage Books
The
Westminster Assembly Project, best known for the edition of Assembly minutes
and papers to be published by Oxford University Press, has now entered an
extensive publishing agreement with Reformation Heritage Books.
John
Bower has joined historian Chad Van Dixhoorn in launching three new series of
books by the Westminster Assembly, and one series of new and classic studies on
the Assembly, all being published by Reformation Heritage Books. It is hoped
that both texts and studies will stimulate further research in the Assembly and
the religious dimension of English civil war politics. Certainly future
publications on British post-Reformation theology and Puritanism will be
enriched by these publications, briefly described here.
Principal
Documents of the Westminster Assembly. This
series will produce the six chief works authored by the Assembly for covenanted
uniformity of religion in
Confession of Faith, Larger Catechism, Shorter Catechism, Directory for Public
Worship, Directory for Church Government, and The Psalter. Each volume will contain a historical introduction, a
critical text, and multi-column comparisons of original manuscripts and early
editions. The inaugural volume, The Larger Catechism, has been
prepared by John Bower and scheduled for a launch in March 2010.
Writings of the
Westminster Divines. The aim of this series is to provide scholarly
editions of texts by Westminster Assembly members and commissioners. Volumes
will include previously unpublished manuscripts as well as republications of
rare editions. Carefully determined editorial standards will be used to ensure
an authoritative product that is accessible to modern readers, while remaining
reliable for students and scholars.
Westminster Assembly
Facsimiles.
With this new series, Reformation Heritage Books and the Westminster Assembly
Project are providing electronic and print access to publications by Assembly
members in their original form. Free PDF downloads will be made available
through the Westminster Assembly Project website. The same text can be
purchased for your collection in paperback and hard cover from Reformation
Heritage Books.
Studies of the
Westminster Assembly. Complementing the primary source material in
the other series, the Assembly studies will provide access to classic studies
that have not been reprinted and to new studies, providing some of the best
existing research on the Assembly and its members.
For
more information on the Westminster Assembly Project, visit www.westminsterassembly.org. Information
on Reformation Heritage Books can be found at www.heritagebooks.org and www.heritagebooktalk.org.
