John Locke: Writings on ReligionOxford University Press, 2002 - 290 pages Locke lived at a time of heightened religious sensibility, and religious motives and theological beliefs were fundamental to his philosophical outlook. Here, Victor Nuovo brings together the first comprehensive collection of Locke's writings on religion and theology. These writings illustrate the deep religious motivation in Locke's thought. |
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Page xiii
... Thoughts concerning Education Publishes The Reasonableness of Christianity , A Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity ; also Short Observations on a Printed Paper , Intituled , For encouraging the Coining of Silver Money in ...
... Thoughts concerning Education Publishes The Reasonableness of Christianity , A Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity ; also Short Observations on a Printed Paper , Intituled , For encouraging the Coining of Silver Money in ...
Page xvi
... thought . The pursuits of political philosophers and historians have been very well served by anthologies of Locke's political writings that include extensive manuscript sources . One may reasonably hope that they along with ...
... thought . The pursuits of political philosophers and historians have been very well served by anthologies of Locke's political writings that include extensive manuscript sources . One may reasonably hope that they along with ...
Page xx
... thought beyond what it could be fairly said that they learned from this source . The writings presented here are those of a Protestant philosopher who , although nurtured in a Puritan home and educated by Presbyterian divines , became a ...
... thought beyond what it could be fairly said that they learned from this source . The writings presented here are those of a Protestant philosopher who , although nurtured in a Puritan home and educated by Presbyterian divines , became a ...
Page xxi
... thought about them . The topical arrangement also serves to show the scope of Locke's theology . Although Locke did not choose to write a system of theology , he did consider more than once what such a system might involve and how it ...
... thought about them . The topical arrangement also serves to show the scope of Locke's theology . Although Locke did not choose to write a system of theology , he did consider more than once what such a system might involve and how it ...
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... thought he might make it a chapter in a new edition of the Essay . Its purpose is complementary to the task that Locke assigned to himself as an ' Under- Labourer ' in the ' Commonwealth of Learning to remove ' some of the Rubbish ...
... thought he might make it a chapter in a new edition of the Essay . Its purpose is complementary to the task that Locke assigned to himself as an ' Under- Labourer ' in the ' Commonwealth of Learning to remove ' some of the Rubbish ...
Contents
THEOLOGY ITS SOURCES AND THE PRAGMATICS OF ASSENT | 1 |
MORALITY AND RELIGION | 7 |
ADVERSARIA THEOLOGICA 94 | 19 |
INSPIRATION REVELATION SCRIPTURE AND FAITH | 35 |
THE NATURE AND AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH | 67 |
THE REASONABLENESS OF CHRISTIANITY | 85 |
FALL AND REDEMPTION | 227 |
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