Scripture and Scholarship in Early Modern England
Scripture and Scholarship in Early Modern England

Author: Ariel Hessayon

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9780754638933

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This volume of essays is the first to embrace both orthodox and heterodox treatments of scripture in early modern England, and in the process to question, challenge and redefine what historians mean when they use these terms. The collection dispels the myth that a critical engagement with sacred texts was the preserve of radical figures: anti-scripturists, Quakers, Deists and freethinkers. While the work of these people was significant, it formed only part of a far broader debate incorporating figures from across the theological spectrum engaging in a shared discourse.

Leibniz, Mysticism and Religion
Leibniz, Mysticism and Religion

Author: A.P. Coudert

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 1998-10-31

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780792352235

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Seven essays, from a November 1994 conference in Los Angeles, aspire to stamp out once and for all the notion that Kant solved the problem of skepticism. Commemorating C. F. Staudlin, the first historian of skepticism (1794), they document the continuing vitality of a skeptical tradition in Germany, France, and Britain. They consider the role of skepticism in pure philosophy itself, but also in politics; science; and social issues such as smallpox inoculation, suicide, and capital punishment. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR