Reformation Spirituality: The Religion of George Herbert

I love reformed theology. This book was instrumental in helping me understand deeper aspects of Calvinism. For those who want to go beyond TULIP and actually see how it applies in a practical manner, read this book. This is a thesis but highly readable. The author is a good writer. Need to know Reformed Theology before.

Thorough, lucid, compelling study of Calvinism in the poetry of George Herbert, amply illustrated through explication of individual poems. The intricacies and theological complications of Calvinism are carefully considered, and the Calvinism of Herbert to compared to the Arminianism of Donne. This study will benefit the general reader as well as the scholar; this study should be read by anyone interested in the rich poetic dimensions of Herbert, in the theological implications of Herbert's faith, or in church history, particularly the English Reformation.