Joseph Butler''s Moral and Religious Thought - Tercentenary Essays

Zusatztext This book ... confirms Butler's continued intriguing appeal. It has encouraged this reviewer to re-read Butler's Analogy and Sermons. And surely this is also the right starting point for any interest in Butler's thought. Klappentext The essays in this book mark the tercentenary of the birth of Bishop Joseph Butler, the leading Anglican theologian of the eighteenth century and also an important moral philosopher. They cover the full range of Butler's theological and philosophical writings - from his Christian apologetic against the deists to his discussion of the role of conscience in the moral agent - as well as setting them in their historical context and suggesting their relevance tocontemporary religious and philosophical issues. At a time of renewed interest in Butler's thought, as well as in the theological positions he was opposing, it is timely and appropriate that these detailed studies of Butler's thought should now be made available. Zusammenfassung The essays in this volume exhibit the full range of Butler's thought and set it in its historical context. The relevance of his writings to modern religious and philosophical issues is also explored.

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• Authors: Christopher Cunliffe
• Assisted by: Christopher Cunliffe (Editor), Christopher (former Chaplain of City University and Guildhall School of Music and Drama Cunliffe (Editor), Cunliffe Christopher (Editor), David Jenkins (Foreword)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.1992
• EAN: 9780198267409
• ISBN: 978-0-19-826740-9
• No. of pages: 334
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Anglican, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Episcopalian, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, Anglican and Episcopalian Churches, Anglican & Episcopalian Churches, Church of England