Clandestine Philosophy
Clandestine Philosophy

Author: Gianni Paganini

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2020-02-11

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1487504616

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Clandestine Philosophy is the first work in English entirely focused on the philosophical clandestine manuscripts that preceded and accompanied the birth of the Enlightenment.

British Philosophy
British Philosophy

Author: Frederick Copleston

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780826468994

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Also has chapters on the Cambridge Platonists, Robert Boyle, Sir Isaac Newton, and Deists, among others.

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.

Deism in Enlightenment England
Deism in Enlightenment England

Author: Jeffrey R Wigelsworth

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2013-07-19

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 184779730X

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This is the first complete study of English deists as a group in several decades and it argues for a new interpretation of deism in the English Enlightenment. While there have been many recent studies of the deist John Toland, the writings of other contemporary deists have been forgotten. With extensive analysis of lesser known figures such as Anthony Collins, Matthew Tindal, Thomas Chub, and Thomas Morgan, in addition to unique insights into Toland, Deism in Enlightenment England offers a much broader assessment of what deism entailed in the eighteenth century. Readers will see how previous interpretations of English deists, which place these figures on an irreligious trajectory leading towards modernity, need to be revised. This book uses deists to address a number of topics and themes and theme in English history and will be of particular interest to scholars of Enlightenment history, history of science, theology and politics, and the early modern era.

Republican Learning
Republican Learning

Author: Justin Champion

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780719057144

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"The book argues that Toland shaped the republican tradition after the Glorious Revolution into a practical and politically viable programme, focused not on destroying the monarchy, but on reforming public religion and the Church of England. The book also examines how Toland used his social intimacy with a wide circle of men and women (ranging from Prince Eugene of Savoy to Robert Harley) to distribute his ideas in private. It also explores the connections between Toland's erudition and print culture, arguing that his intellectual project was aimed at compromising the authority of Christian knowledge as much as the political power of the Church."--Jacket.