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John Bunyan was born in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England, in 1628. He learned to read and write at the village school and was prepared to follow his father's trade as a brazier when the English Civil War broke out in 1644 and he was drafted into the Parliamentary army. His military service brought him vis mere into contact with Oliver Cromwell's Puritan troops. Beginning in 1648, Bunyan suffered a crisis in religious faith that lasted for several years. He turned to the Nonconformist church in Bedford to sustain him during this period. His first writings were attacks against the Quakers. Then Charles II was restored to the throne and Bunyan was arrested for conducting services not in accordance with the Church of England. He spent 12 years in jail. During this time, he wrote his autobiography, Grace Abounding, in which he described his spiritual struggle and growth. During his last years in prison, Bunyan began his most famous work, The Pilgrim's Progress, a two-part allegorical tale of the character Christian and his journey to salvation. Part I was published in 1678 and Part II in 1684. The second part deals with the spiritual journey of Christian's wife and sons, as they follow in his footsteps. With its elements of the folktale tradition, The Pilgrim's Progress became popular immediately. Well into the nineteenth century it was a book known to almost every reader in England and New England, second in importance only to the Bible. So great was the book's influence that it even plays a major role in Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott. Such expressions as "the slough of despond" and "vanity fair" have become part of the English language. Bunyan's other works include The Life and Death of Mr. Badman and The Holy War. He also wrote A Book for Boys and Girls, verses on religious faith for children. Bunyan died in London on August 31, 1688. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1666) 1,488 eksemplarer
Prayer (1662) 765 eksemplarer
Works of John Bunyan (3 Volume Set) (1853) 419 eksemplarer
The Acceptable Sacrifice (2004) 392 eksemplarer
Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ (1681) 351 eksemplarer
The Fear of God (1679) 296 eksemplarer
Pictorial Pilgrims Progress (1960) 270 eksemplarer
Intercession Of Christ, The (1968) 119 eksemplarer
Visions of Heaven and Hell (1998) 110 eksemplarer
Journey to Hell (1999) 103 eksemplarer
The life and death of Mr Badman (1680) 80 eksemplarer
Works of John Bunyan - Volume 03 (1855) 74 eksemplarer
The Pilgrim's Progress (1999) 69 eksemplarer
Christian Behaviour (1962) 65 eksemplarer
The barren fig-tree (1968) 57 eksemplarer
Saved by Grace (1967) 54 eksemplarer
The Pilgrims Progress in Pictures (1951) 54 eksemplarer
Works of John Bunyan - Volume 02 (1880) 54 eksemplarer
An Exhortation to Peace and Unity (1970) 50 eksemplarer
Antichrist and His Ruin (1911) 49 eksemplarer
The Pilgrim's Progress - Volume 1 (2011) 47 eksemplarer
Works of John Bunyan - Volume 01 (1991) 45 eksemplarer
Reprobation Asserted (1674) 44 eksemplarer
Your Victory in Christ (1997) 43 eksemplarer
The Water of Life (1960) 38 eksemplarer
Paul's Departure and Crown (1969) 36 eksemplarer
The Treatise of the Fear of God (1641) 35 eksemplarer
The annotated Pilgrim's progress (1980) 35 eksemplarer
Israel's Hope Encouraged (1968) 34 eksemplarer
The Pilgrim's Progress - Volume 2 (2011) 33 eksemplarer
The Pharisee and Publican (1685) 32 eksemplarer
Solomon's Temple Spiritualized (2006) 30 eksemplarer
The Strait Gate (1995) 30 eksemplarer
The Holy City-or the New Jerusalem (2007) 27 eksemplarer
Bunyan's Last Sermon (2015) 20 eksemplarer
Bunyan's Prison Meditations (2016) 19 eksemplarer
Heart's Ease for Heart Trouble (1893) 19 eksemplarer
The Children's Pilgrim's Progress (1995) 18 eksemplarer
Instructions for the Ignorant (1846) 18 eksemplarer
Bunyan's Dying Sayings (2016) 17 eksemplarer
A Confession of My Faith 17 eksemplarer
Pilgrim's Progress (1986) 16 eksemplarer
Scriptural Poems (2010) 15 eksemplarer
The Saint's Privilege and Profit (1851) 14 eksemplarer
Treasury of Bunyan (1981) 12 eksemplarer
Pilgrims Progress Retold (1982) 12 eksemplarer
The Pilgrim's Progress (Abridged) (2010) 10 eksemplarer
La Peregrina (1990) 10 eksemplarer
The Struggler 9 eksemplarer
Pilgrim's Progress Part One (1970) 8 eksemplarer
God's Knotty Log (1961) 6 eksemplarer
Memoir of John Bunyan (2016) 6 eksemplarer
Family Duty (2011) 5 eksemplarer
Resurrection (2012) 5 eksemplarer
Bunyan's Choice Works (1865) 5 eksemplarer
The Groans of a Lost Soul (1971) 5 eksemplarer
Mr. John Bunyan's Dying Sayings (2016) 4 eksemplarer
Cómo orar en el Espíritu (2003) 4 eksemplarer
The Fear of God: Updated (2016) 4 eksemplarer
John Bunyan: Poems (1980) 4 eksemplarer
Bunyan's Catechism (1968) 4 eksemplarer
My Imprisonment (1992) 4 eksemplarer
Bunyan's Awakening Works (2016) 3 eksemplarer
Bunyan's Commentary on Genesis (2014) 3 eksemplarer
天路歷程(上) 3 eksemplarer
The Life of John Bunyan (1977) 2 eksemplarer
Advice to sufferers (1968) 2 eksemplarer
Jerusalem Sinner Saved 2 eksemplarer
Pilgrim's Progress (1986) 2 eksemplarer
Genade in overvloed 2 eksemplarer
Piligrimo kelione (2009) 2 eksemplarer
Jornada Para o Inferno (2011) 2 eksemplarer
Les Aventures du Pèlerin (2008) 2 eksemplarer
Çarmıh Yolcusu (2015) 2 eksemplarer
Bunyan's Inviting Works (2016) 2 eksemplarer
Some Sighs from Hell 2 eksemplarer
Det heliga kriget (2019) 2 eksemplarer
A Commencer Par Jerusalem (2001) 2 eksemplarer
Miscellaneous Pieces (2004) 2 eksemplarer
The Bedside Bunyan 2 eksemplarer
The White Devil 2 eksemplarer
Bunyan's Works 2 eksemplarer
Uusi Kristityn vaellus (2002) 1 eksemplar
John Bunyan 1 eksemplar
Een ding is nodig 1 eksemplar
Peregrino Parte II 1 eksemplar
A zarándok útja 1 eksemplar
A szent háború (2002) 1 eksemplar
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A Golden Month 1 eksemplar
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John Bunyan VIDEO 1 eksemplar
The Works of John Bunyan (2013) 1 eksemplar
Lov og Naade 1 eksemplar
pilgrims progress avon edition (1969) 1 eksemplar
Dangerous Journey 1 eksemplar
No Second Chance 1 eksemplar
E-Sword - Books 1 eksemplar
La Peregrina 1 eksemplar
Mantuiti prin Har 1 eksemplar
Oração 1 eksemplar
Geistlicher Krieg. 1 eksemplar
The Standard Bunyan 1 eksemplar
The Pilgrim's Progress - CD (2011) 1 eksemplar
Selected Writings (1999) 1 eksemplar
John Bunyans Pilgrims vandring (1994) 1 eksemplar
Taith y pererin 1 eksemplar
John Bunyan, Legacy Edition (2018) 1 eksemplar
De Enge Poort 1 eksemplar
Genesis 1–11: A Commentary (2010) 1 eksemplar
Dangerous Journey 1 eksemplar
Pastoral Letters 1 eksemplar
Bunyans Works: Volume 1 (1862) 1 eksemplar
Peregrina, A (2004) 1 eksemplar
Bunyan's Grace Abounding (1840) 1 eksemplar
The Pilgrim's Progress II (2016) 1 eksemplar
Pilgrim's Progress (Part Two) (2007) 1 eksemplar
Jatrir Jatra 1 eksemplar
Yathrikuni Prayanam 1 eksemplar
Bunyan's Works Vol. 3 (1831) 1 eksemplar
Christian classics 1 eksemplar
Der unfruchtbare Feigenbaum (1995) 1 eksemplar
走天路 1 eksemplar
Complete Works of John Bunyan (1873) 1 eksemplar
Death of Deaths 1 eksemplar
Christ, the Complete Savior (2018) 1 eksemplar
The great decision 1 eksemplar
Temor a Deus 1 eksemplar
Taith Y Pererin I'r Teulu (1997) 1 eksemplar
Water of Live 1 eksemplar
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Kanonisk navn
Bunyan, John
Juridisk navn
Bunyan, John
Andre navne
Bunjano, Johano
班揚
本仁約翰
約翰.班揚
Fødselsdato
1628-11-28
Dødsdag
1688-08-31
Begravelsessted
Bunhill Fields cemetery, London, England
Køn
male
Nationalitet
UK
Land (til kort)
England, UK
Fødested
Elstow, Bedfordshire, England
Dødssted
On a Journey to London, England
Bopæl
Harrowden, England (birth)
Elstow, Bedfordshire, England (birth, ref. Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia, 1994)
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Erhverv
writer
author
tinker
preacher
soldier, English Civil War
Organisationer
Parliamentary Army
Kort biografi
John Bunyan served in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War. As a Puritan, he struggled with issues of faith and sin, and at times he experienced extreme depression. He had little formal education but read voraciously and became a famous preacher, for which he was arrested. It was during his imprisonment that he began writing The Pilgrim's Progress, one of the most important works in English literature.

John Bunyan (November 30, 1628 – August 31, 1688) was an English writer and Puritan preacher best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress. In addition to The Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan wrote nearly sixty titles, many of them expanded sermons.

Bunyan came from the village of Elstow, near Bedford. He had some schooling and at the age of sixteen joined the Parliamentary Army during the first stage of the English Civil War. After three years in the army he returned to Elstow and took up the trade of tinker, which he had learned from his father. He became interested in religion after his marriage, attending first the parish church and then joining the Bedford Meeting, a nonconformist group in Bedford, and becoming a preacher. After the restoration of the monarch, when the freedom of nonconformists was curtailed, Bunyan was arrested and spent the next twelve years in jail as he refused to give up preaching. During this time he wrote a spiritual autobiography, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, and began work on his most famous book, The Pilgrim's Progress, which was not published until some years after his release.

Bunyan's later years, in spite of another shorter term of imprisonment, were spent in relative comfort as a popular author and preacher, and pastor of the Bedford Meeting. He died aged 59 after falling ill on a journey to London and is buried in Bunhill Fields. The Pilgrim's Progress became one of the most published books in the English language; 1,300 editions having been printed by 1938, 250 years after the author's death.

He is remembered in the Church of England with a Lesser Festival on 30 August, and on the liturgical calendar of the United States Episcopal Church on 29 August. Some other churches of the Anglican Communion, such as the Anglican Church of Australia, honour him on the day of his death (31 August).

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I first read this book many years ago, only because it was mentioned in Little Women - and I didn't like it at all. I thought that maybe I was too young for it and I didn't understand it, so I decided to read it again - and I still didn't like it. I think it was the last time I tried reading this book.
 
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Donderowicz | 169 andre anmeldelser | Mar 12, 2024 |
This book is about a quest for virtue and the Path to Glory. An interesting read because this was one of the first novels in world history. The story is probably not very compelling to the average modern reader, but this is, given that it is an allegory on virtuous christian life, hardly surprising.
The storyline consist mainly of an enumeration of various trials, obstacles and people Christian, the main character, meets on his way to The Celestial City / Heaven / Eternal life / God. It quickly becomes boring, but since I was interested in the development of the European Novel through the centuries, I decided to keep on reading.… (mere)
 
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jd7h | 169 andre anmeldelser | Feb 18, 2024 |
This Combines two of Bunyans works:
"Praying in the Spirit". 1662 &. "The Throne of Grace". 1692
 
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rbcarver | 2 andre anmeldelser | Feb 7, 2024 |
To think that The Pilgrim's Progress was first published in 1678 and it’s still around speaks to its enduring relevancy. The level of sophistication is significant. Each character, location, and event in the story symbolizes spiritual truths and moral lessons. The book explores themes such as the nature of faith, the trials and tribulations of the Christian life, and the ultimate reward awaiting the faithful. Overall, it’s a profound allegorical representation of the Christian journey in simple and straightforward words, which makes it accessible to us modern readers and relevant for readers interested in spiritual and moral reflections.… (mere)
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