John Owen was an English Puritan theologian, pastor and academic administrator whose writings became especially influential among Reformed and evangelical readers. He studied at Oxford and later served as dean of Christ Church and vice-chancellor of Oxford during the Commonwealth.
Owen wrote extensively on the person and work of Christ, the Holy Spirit, communion with God, sin, temptation, church life and religious liberty. His prose can be demanding, but his works reward slow reading because of their sustained theological and pastoral argument.
The Mortification of Sin, Communion with God and The Glory of Christ are among his most widely read works today. They represent Puritan spirituality at its most introspective and doctrinally detailed.
His works are included as primary historical sources. Readers should compare his theological system with Scripture and with other traditions represented in the library.