The Bible and Reason: Anglicans and Scripture in Late Seventheenth-Century England (Anniversary Collection)

S.J., Gerard Reedy

ISBN 10: 0812279751 / ISBN 13: 9780812279757

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection, 1985

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Synopsis:

The Bible and Reason is organized around actual topics of theological controversy from 1660 to 1700: what it means to say that Scripture is true, how Scripture and polity are related, how to conceive the canon of the Scripture, and how to understand challenges to the rational theology in question. Based on the writings of John Tillotson, Edward Stillingfleet, Isaac Barrow, and Robert South, Gerard Reedy's book integrates their theories with the ideas and practices of John Dryden, John Locke, Edward Hyde, the earl of Clarendon, and other contemporary writers and contrasts this traditional scriptural interpretation with the new rationalism of Thomas Hobbes, Spinoza, John Toland, and Richard Simon.

In contrast with the Puritan tradition, the Anglican establishment sponsored Scripture reading based not on the Inner Light, but on a public verification of interpretation, a "rational" method seen in the several proofs Anglicans proposed for the truth of Scripture, in their responses to some assessments of the integrity of Scripture, and in their argument with anti-Trinitarians.

The Bible and Reason is of interest to scholars in seventeenth-century English literature and philosophy, historians of the Bible and modern religion, and researchers in intellectual history.

About the Author: Gerard Reedy, S.J., is Professor of English at Fordham University. A Jesuit priest, he is also the author of several articles on seventeenth-century poetry and theology.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Bible and Reason: Anglicans and ...
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
Publication Date: 1985
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New