Thomas Hooker
(1586-1647)
Ahlstrom,
Sidney E. "Thomas Hooker—Puritanism and Democratic Citizenship:
A Preliminary Inquiry into some Relationships of Religion and
American Civic Responsibility," Church History 32(1962-1963):415-31.
Includes a general discussion of Hooker's historical reputation
and outlines problems facing the prospective biographer.
Archibald,
Warren S. Thomas Hooker. Tercentenary pamphlet IV(1934).
Jones, James William, III. "The Beginnings of American Theology:
John Cotton, Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard and Peter Pulkeley."
Doctoral dissertation, Brown, 1970. A highly esoteric analysis
of Hooker's theology in relation to that of other important early
New England Puritan preachers. Jones places each man on a scale
of Christocentrism, with Hooker second to Cotton.
Miller,
Perry. "Thomas Hooker and the Democracy of Early Connecticut."
New England Quarterly 4(1931).
Shuffelton,
Frank. Thomas Hooker, 1586-1647. Princeton: Princeton University
Press, 1977. A scholarly work showing Hooker's determination to
find a way to grace by discovering what it is and how to cultivate
it. Best on the subject. Shuffelton lists many relevant items
that do not appear here, including four doctoral dissertations
on Hooker. Serious students must consult his excellent bibliographical
essay.
Sprunger,
Keith L. "The Dutch Career of Thomas Hooker." New
England Quarterly 46(March, 1973) 1:17-44. Hooker was in
Holland from 1631 to 1633.
Walker,
George Leon. Thomas Hooker: Founder and Democrat. New York:
Dodd, Mead, 1891. Includes a bibliography of Hooker's writings
compiled by J. Hammond Trumbull. Shuffelton's work supersedes
this.
Williams,
George Hunston. "The Pilgrimage of Thomas Hooker (1586-1647)
in England, the Netherlands and New England." Bulletin
of the Congregational Library 19(0ctober, 1967-January, 1968);5-15,
9-13. Very brief but very good. The best short piece.
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