John Locke And The Eighteenth Century Divines

Author : Alan P.F. Sell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597528719

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John Locke and the Eighteenth-Century Divines by Alan P.F. Sell Pdf

'Where Christian apologetics are concerned, is Locke to be endorsed, repaired, modified, or forsaken?' The diverse answers given to this question by the eighteenth-century divines form the complex subject of this book, which offers the first detailed account of his influence upon the religious thinkers of the eighteenth century. The work is based upon a thorough search of relevant materials, many of them scarce and widely dispersed. But the question is still relevant three centuries after Locke's death, and Professor Sell's objective in this volume is not only historical. From this study of the reception of Locke by the divines there emerge pressing questions about method, reason, faith, revelation, and authority which need to be addressed by those who would attempt Christian apologetics as Christianity's third millennium approaches. Although this book stands in its own right, it can also be read as a companion volume to the author's Philosophical Idealism and Christian Belief (University of Wales Press, 1995). Together, the two books represent soundings taken in important Enlightenment and post-Enlightenment intellectual traditions. The question whether an apologetic method may be found which avoids the pitfalls exposed both by the examination of Locke and the idealists, and which circumvents latter-day embargoes upon Christian apologetics, will be addressed in a third and final volume.

Author : W. M. Spellman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349253920

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John Locke by W. M. Spellman Pdf

This book explores the influence of late seventeenth-century Christianity in Locke's philosophical, political, and educational thought. Only over the last decade have historians begun to investigate the central role played by religion in Locke's vision for individual autonomy and social responsibility. This book incorporates the latest scholarship and reassesses the nature of Locke's most important writings in the light of his strong commitment to traditional Christian notions of morality and human purpose. W.M. Spellman has written an ideal introduction to Locke's work.

Author : Gerald R. Cragg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107635050

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Reason and Authority in the Eighteenth Century by Gerald R. Cragg Pdf

Originally published in 1964, this book examines the influence of reason and authority upon English thought in the eighteenth century. The text relates these two concepts to movements in religious and political thought, beginning with Locke's views on faith and reason before going through various areas and finishing with the beginnings of Romanticism. The age of the Enlightenment is seen as constituted, on the one hand, by an attempt to relate all significant intellectual movements to reason and, on the other, an attempt to devise proper restraints on the authority of reason. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in philosophy, social and political thought, and eighteenth-century English history.

Author : Robert G. Ingram
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1843833484

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Religion, Reform and Modernity in the Eighteenth Century by Robert G. Ingram Pdf

A new interpretation of English history and religion in the eighteenth century. The eighteenth century has long divided critical opinion. Some contend that it witnessed the birth of the modern world, while others counter that England remained an ancien regime confessional state. This book takes issue with both positions, arguing that the former overstate the newness of the age and largely misdiagnose the causes of change, while the latter rightly point to the persistence of more traditional modes of thought and behaviour, but downplay the era's fundamental uncertainty and misplace the reasons for and the timeline of its passage. The overwhelming catalyst for change is here seen to be war, rather than long-term social and economic changes. Archbishop Thomas Secker [1693-1768], the Cranmer or Laud of his age, and the hitherto neglected church reforms he spearheaded, form the particular focus of the book; this is the first full archivally-based study of a crucial but frequently ignored figure. ROBERT G. INGRAM is Assistant Professor at the Department of History, Ohio University.

Author : Ricardo Quintana
Publisher : Madison : University of Wisconsin Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015004745819

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Two Augustans by Ricardo Quintana Pdf

Author : S.-J. Savonius-Wroth,Paul Schuurman,Jonathan Walmsley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472524164

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The Bloomsbury Companion to Locke by S.-J. Savonius-Wroth,Paul Schuurman,Jonathan Walmsley Pdf

John Locke (1632-1704) was a leading seventeenth-century philosopher and widely considered to be the first of the British Empiricists. One of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers, his major works and central ideas have had a significant impact on the development of key areas in political philosophy and epistemology. The Bloomsbury Companion to Locke is a comprehensive and accessible resource to Locke's life and work, his contemporaries and critics, his key concepts and enduring influence. Including more than 80 specially commissioned entries, written by a team of leading experts, topics range from absolutism to toleration, from education to socinianism. The Companion features a series of indispensable research tools including a chronology of Locke's life, an A-Z of his key concepts and synopses of his principal writings. This is an essential resource for anyone working in the fields of Locke Studies and Seventeenth-Century Philosophy.

Author : S.-J. Savonius-Wroth,Jonathan Walmsley,Paul Schuurman
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780826428110

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The Continuum Companion to Locke by S.-J. Savonius-Wroth,Jonathan Walmsley,Paul Schuurman Pdf

history, as well as Enlightenment studies." --Book Jacket.

Author : Robert Strivens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317081258

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Philip Doddridge and the Shaping of Evangelical Dissent by Robert Strivens Pdf

Evangelical Dissent in the early eighteenth century had to address a variety of intellectual challenges. How reliable was the Bible? Was traditional Christian teaching about God, humanity, sin and salvation true? What was the role of reason in the Christian faith? Philip Doddridge (1702-51) pastored a sizeable evangelical congregation in Northampton, England, and ran a training academy for Dissenters which prepared men for pastoral ministry. Philip Doddridge and the Shaping of Evangelical Dissent examines his theology and philosophy in the context of these and other issues of his day and explores the leadership that he provided in evangelical Dissent in the first half of the eighteenth century. Offering a fresh look at Doddridge’s thought, the book provides a criticial examination of the accepted view that Doddridge was influenced in his thinking primarily by Richard Baxter and John Locke. Exploring the influence of other streams of thought, from John Owen and other Puritan writers to Samuel Clarke and Isaac Watts, as well as interaction with contemporaries in Dissent, the book shows Doddridge to be a leader in, and shaper of, an evangelical Dissent which was essentially Calvinistic in its theology, adapted to the contours and culture of its times.

Author : Kevin Lee Cope
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015043106114

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John Locke Revisited by Kevin Lee Cope Pdf

"John Locke was the most renowned philosopher, aesthetician, ethicist, and political scientist of the later seventeenth century. Who was this eccentric figure who, at various times in his life, held patronage political appointments, worked as a freelance medical doctor, bided time in exile, floated through non-conforming counter-cultures, restored himself at health spas, and played with scientific apparatus?" "It is this elusive gentleman that Kevin Cope seeks out in John Locke Revisited. After a careful study of the many different aspects of Locke's work and personality, Cope offers an entirely new, yet more holistic view, than may be found in previous studies. By taking into account the many different aspects of Locke's character and by carefully examining his lasting contributions to such divergent fields as politics and religion, Cope's book is the first such volume to offer an integrated portrait of Locke." "In John Locke Revisited, Kevin Cope offers us a comprehensive view of a true Renaissance man who exerted a lasting degree of influence throughout the English Enlightenment and into the modern day world."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Peter R. Anstey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134379934

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The Philosophy of John Locke by Peter R. Anstey Pdf

This collection of new essays on John Locke's philosophy provides the most up-to-date entrée into the exciting developments taking place in the study of one of the most important contributors to modern thought. Covering Locke's natural philosophy, his political and moral thought and his philosophy of religion, this book brings together the pioneering work of some of the world's leading Locke scholars.

Author : Nicholas P. Miller
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199858361

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The Religious Roots of the First Amendment by Nicholas P. Miller Pdf

Arguing that commitments by certain dissenting Protestants to the right of private judgment in matters of Biblical interpretation helped promote religious liberty and religious disestablishment in the early modern West, this text describes a continuous strand of this religious thought - as well as the thinkers who spread it.

Author : Jonathan S. Marko
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498218962

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Measuring the Distance between Locke and Toland by Jonathan S. Marko Pdf

Ever since Bishop Stillingfleet accused John Locke of having unwittingly paved the way with his Essay for the alleged heresy promulgated in John Toland's Christianity Not Mysterious, the latter two thinkers and works have been consistently joined in histories of philosophy covering the rise of natural religion in England. While scholars have generally thought that Locke got the better of the good bishop in their subsequent written exchanges initiated by the charge, they appear merely to assume that Stillingfleet correctly read Toland and that Locke accepts that reading. Perhaps the most obvious piece of evidence favoring that stance is that while Locke clearly admits "above reason" doctrines, Toland dismisses them: Christianity is not mysterious! It is curious, however, that Toland scholars readily point out many concepts that Toland used as being the same as or different from Lockean notions about which many Locke scholars are admittedly perplexed. Through patient exposition of relevant texts and letters, deconstruction of scholarly works, and careful reasoning, this book shows that Toland's deviations from Locke regarding reason and faith are far more minor than anyone has concluded. Stillingfleet was correct to connect them, but was incorrect in the way that he did it.

Author : Colie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1957-01-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521046882

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Light and Enlightenment by Colie Pdf

This book demonstrates the influence of the Dutch Arminians and the Cambridge Platonists on the international enlightening of the seventeenth century.

Author : Anna M. Robbins
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781556354786

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Ecumenical and Eclectic by Anna M. Robbins Pdf

Alan Sell is a prolific author producing a vast output of high quality research across many disciplines. From philosophy and theology to ethics and history his work has been received with acclaim for its clarity and incisiveness, as well as for its relevance to contemporary issues faced by the church. Throughout, Sell has maintained an unwavering commitment to Reformed faith and the unity of the church universal. His work continues to deliver challenges and inspire reflection for those who are interested in thinking deeply about issues of living under the cross of Christ in the world today. In this book, several colleagues, friends, and admirers have gathered together to honor Alan Sell's contribution to scholarship and to the life of the church. Leading Christian scholars--including Gabriel Fackre, Clyde Binfield, Keith Clements, and Donald McKim--here offer reflections on Professor Sell's work, and other related themes under the banner of the unity of the church in the contemporary world. The essays explore the foundations of unity, its historical context, and some of the challenges of ecumenism today. Together they make a unique contribution to the theme which has occupied so much of Sell's attention over the years, and which continues to be of crucial importance to the life of the church in a new era.

Author : Diego Lucci
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108836913

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John Locke's Christianity by Diego Lucci Pdf

Provides a thorough analysis and reassessment of Locke's original, heterodox, internally coherent version of Protestant Christianity.