Author: William Robertson
Publisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The Situation of the World at the Time of Christ's Appearance,
Author: William Robertson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
The Situation of the World at the time of Christ's Appearance, and its connexion with the success of His Religion, considered. A sermon on Coloss. i. 26 , etc
Author: William Robertson
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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The Moral Culture of the Scottish Enlightenment, 1690-1805
Author: Thomas Ahnert
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300153805
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
In the Enlightenment it was often argued that moral conduct, rather than adherence to theological doctrine, was the true measure of religious belief. Thomas Ahnert argues that this “enlightened” emphasis on conduct in religion relied less on arguments from reason alone than has been believed. In fact, Scottish Enlightenment champions advocated a practical program of “moral culture,” in which revealed religion was of central importance. Ahnert traces this to theological controversies going back as far as the Reformation concerning the conditions of salvation. His findings present a new point of departure for all scholars interested in the intersection of religion and Enlightenment.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300153805
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
In the Enlightenment it was often argued that moral conduct, rather than adherence to theological doctrine, was the true measure of religious belief. Thomas Ahnert argues that this “enlightened” emphasis on conduct in religion relied less on arguments from reason alone than has been believed. In fact, Scottish Enlightenment champions advocated a practical program of “moral culture,” in which revealed religion was of central importance. Ahnert traces this to theological controversies going back as far as the Reformation concerning the conditions of salvation. His findings present a new point of departure for all scholars interested in the intersection of religion and Enlightenment.
William Robertson and the Expansion of Empire
Author: Stewart J. Brown
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052106063X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This is an exploration of William Robertson, a leading figure in the eighteenth-century Enlightenment.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052106063X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This is an exploration of William Robertson, a leading figure in the eighteenth-century Enlightenment.
The Works of William Robertson ...
Author: William Robertson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Works of William Robertson, ... to which is Prefixed, an Account of His Life and Writings, by Dugald Stewart ... With a Portrait, After Sir Joshua Reynolds
Author: William Robertson
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1280
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1280
Book Description
The Religious Formation of John Witherspoon
Author: Kevin DeYoung
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000044955
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
This book explores in unprecedented detail the theological thinking of John Witherspoon during his often overlooked ministerial career in Scotland. In contrast to the arguments made by other historians, it shows that there was considerable continuity of thought between Witherspoon’s Scottish ministry and the second half of his career as one of America’s Founding Fathers. The book argues that Witherspoon cannot be properly understood until he is seen as not only engaged with the Enlightenment, but also firmly grounded in the Calvinist tradition of High to Late Orthodoxy, embedded in the transatlantic Evangelical Awakening of the eighteenth century, and frustrated by the state of religion in the Scottish Kirk. Alongside the titles of pastor, president, educator, philosopher, should be a new category: John Witherspoon as Reformed apologist. This is a fresh re-examination of the intellectual formation of one of Scotland’s most important churchman from the eighteenth century and one of America’s most influential early figures. The volume will be of keen interest to academics working in Religious History, American Religion, Reformed Theology and Calvinism, as well as Scottish and American history more generally.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000044955
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
This book explores in unprecedented detail the theological thinking of John Witherspoon during his often overlooked ministerial career in Scotland. In contrast to the arguments made by other historians, it shows that there was considerable continuity of thought between Witherspoon’s Scottish ministry and the second half of his career as one of America’s Founding Fathers. The book argues that Witherspoon cannot be properly understood until he is seen as not only engaged with the Enlightenment, but also firmly grounded in the Calvinist tradition of High to Late Orthodoxy, embedded in the transatlantic Evangelical Awakening of the eighteenth century, and frustrated by the state of religion in the Scottish Kirk. Alongside the titles of pastor, president, educator, philosopher, should be a new category: John Witherspoon as Reformed apologist. This is a fresh re-examination of the intellectual formation of one of Scotland’s most important churchman from the eighteenth century and one of America’s most influential early figures. The volume will be of keen interest to academics working in Religious History, American Religion, Reformed Theology and Calvinism, as well as Scottish and American history more generally.
Narratives of Enlightenment
Author: Karen O'Brien
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521465338
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Narratives of Enlightenment is an interdisciplinary study of cosmopolitan approaches to the past. It reappraises the work of five of the most important narrative historians of the century - Voltaire, David Hume, William Robertson, Edward Gibbon and the historian of the American Revolution, David Ramsay - in the context of political and national debates in France, Scotland, England and America; and it investigates the nature and degree of their intellectual investment in the idea of a common European civilisation. Karen O'Brien combines the methodologies of literary criticism and intellectual history to explore debates about Enlightenments and the political uses of narrative. Where previous studies have emphasised the growth of nationalism in eighteenth-century literature, she reveals the development of cosmopolitan ways of thinking beyond national cultural issues.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521465338
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Narratives of Enlightenment is an interdisciplinary study of cosmopolitan approaches to the past. It reappraises the work of five of the most important narrative historians of the century - Voltaire, David Hume, William Robertson, Edward Gibbon and the historian of the American Revolution, David Ramsay - in the context of political and national debates in France, Scotland, England and America; and it investigates the nature and degree of their intellectual investment in the idea of a common European civilisation. Karen O'Brien combines the methodologies of literary criticism and intellectual history to explore debates about Enlightenments and the political uses of narrative. Where previous studies have emphasised the growth of nationalism in eighteenth-century literature, she reveals the development of cosmopolitan ways of thinking beyond national cultural issues.
Orthodoxy and Enlightenment
Author: Jeffrey M. Suderman
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773569251
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
George Campbell (1719-1796) has long been regarded as a seminal figure in the development of modern theories of persuasion, but modern students of rhetoric seldom look beyond his Philosophy of Rhetoric to his equally important religious writings. Campbell is portrayed as a secular figure, and his contributions to eighteenth-century Christian apology have been largely forgotten. In his own time, however, Campbell had an international reputation as a champion of the Gospel miracles against the sceptical assaults of the philosopher David Hume and as a respected biblical scholar and authority on Church history. Orthodoxy and Enlightenment is the first study to deal with the entire range of Campbell's interests and publications. Suderman sets Campbell firmly in his eighteenth-century context, reconstructing his life and times from contemporary and manuscript sources. He argues that while Campbell's wide-ranging scholarly and scientific interests made him as much a man of the Enlightenment as his better-known contemporaries Voltaire and Hume, he used the critical tools of the Enlightenment to defend a sincere and orthodox Christian faith. The detailed reconstruction of Campbell's apologetic system will be of interest to students of history, philosophy, literary criticism, rhetoric, and religious thought, as well as to general readers interested in the eighteenth century.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773569251
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
George Campbell (1719-1796) has long been regarded as a seminal figure in the development of modern theories of persuasion, but modern students of rhetoric seldom look beyond his Philosophy of Rhetoric to his equally important religious writings. Campbell is portrayed as a secular figure, and his contributions to eighteenth-century Christian apology have been largely forgotten. In his own time, however, Campbell had an international reputation as a champion of the Gospel miracles against the sceptical assaults of the philosopher David Hume and as a respected biblical scholar and authority on Church history. Orthodoxy and Enlightenment is the first study to deal with the entire range of Campbell's interests and publications. Suderman sets Campbell firmly in his eighteenth-century context, reconstructing his life and times from contemporary and manuscript sources. He argues that while Campbell's wide-ranging scholarly and scientific interests made him as much a man of the Enlightenment as his better-known contemporaries Voltaire and Hume, he used the critical tools of the Enlightenment to defend a sincere and orthodox Christian faith. The detailed reconstruction of Campbell's apologetic system will be of interest to students of history, philosophy, literary criticism, rhetoric, and religious thought, as well as to general readers interested in the eighteenth century.
The Oxford History of Anglicanism
Author: Anthony Milton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199644632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
A volume considering the history of the Anglican studies from 1662-1829.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199644632
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
A volume considering the history of the Anglican studies from 1662-1829.