John Locke: The Reasonableness of Christianity - As Delivered in the Scriptures

Zusatztext In his 89-page introduction, John Higgins-Biddle places the work in the context of Locke's philosophy and political theory and evaluates the opinions of those who have interpreted Locke as a Diest, as a Socinian or a Unitarian, or as a Hobbist. Informationen zum Autor John C. Higgins-Biddle is an independent scholar based in Connecticut. He was formerly at the Divinity School of Yale University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung In 1695 John Locke published "The Reasonableness of Christianity", an enquiry into the foundations of Christian belief. This edition is presented with information about sources, variants, and amendments, also cross-references, references to other works by Locke, and definitions of terms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Editorial Preface The Reasonableness of Christianity: Text and Annotations Locke's Manuscript Indexes Appendices Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: John Locke
• Assisted by: John C Higgins-Biddle (Editor), John C. Higgins-Biddle (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.01.2000
• EAN: 9780198245254
• ISBN: 978-0-19-824525-4
• No. of pages: 404
• Series: Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke; Clarendon Edition of the Works
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day