GERRARD WINSTANLEY: MAN FOR ALL SEASONS

This article explores the character and legacy of Gerrard Winstanley and particularly his contribution to the understanding of Christian radicalism, to the elucidation of the character of which Winstanley's writings make a signal contribution. It examines themes with affinities with late twentieth-century theology of liberation. Christopher Hill in The English Bible (1993) had already noted affinities and his brief treatment of it is critically considered, particularly the differing understanding of "action/praxis" in the Winstanley's work as compared with liberation theology and the similarities in biblical hermeneutics.