The Reasonableness of Christianity As Delivered in the Scriptures. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by John C. Higgins-Biddle.

LOCKE, John; HIGGINS-BIDDLE, John C. (ed.):

ISBN 10: 0198245254 / ISBN 13: 9780198245254

Published by Oxford, etc.: Oxford University Press, 2000., 2000

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cxxxix, 261 pp; illus. Original cloth. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. The Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke. New price: US$175.00. 'This is the first major critical edition of Locke's 1695 enquiry into the foundations of Christianity. Locke maintains that the essentials of the faith, few and simple, can be found by anyone for themselves in the Scripture, and that this provides a basis for tolerant agreement among Christians. An authoritative text is accompanied by abundant information conducive to an understanding of Locke's religious thought' (Oxford University Press Web site).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Reasonableness of Christianity As Delivered in the Scriptures. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by John C. Higgins-Biddle.
• Publisher: Oxford, etc.: Oxford University Press, 2000.
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198245254
• ISBN 13: 9780198245254
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

This is the first major critical edition of Locke's 1695 enquiry into the foundations of Christianity. Locke maintains that the essentials of the faith, few and simple, can be found by anyone for themselves in the Scripture, and that this provides a basis for tolerant agreement among Christians. An authoritative text is accompanied by abundant information conducive to an understanding of Locke's religious thought.

About the Author

John C Higgins-Biddle is an independent scholar based in Connecticut. He was formerly at the Divinity School of Yale University.