A Journey With the Pilgrim’s Progress

The Pilgrim’s Progress was written by John Bunyan in 1678. Bunyan was born in Bedforshire, England in 1628. Seventeenth century England was in the midst of a civil war during the early part of his life. The war broke out over the limits of power between King Charles and Parliament. Bunyan served as a parliamentarian soldier during the war, which aligned him with the Non-Conformists such as the Congregationalists, Baptists, and Puritans who were also at odds with the king. After the war, Bunya...