Enlightenment Prelate: Benjamin Hoadly, 1676-1761A reappraisal of the legacy of Benjamin Hoadly, the 18th Century bishop whose liberal and rationalist views had a considerable influence on the English Enlightenment and the American Revolution. |
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... natural rights . His was a reasonable Christianity , neither rationalist nor Deist ( though he counted Thomas Chubb among his friends ) , and yet remarkably , he insisted on the value of an established church and the obligation of all ...
... natural rights . His was a reasonable Christianity , neither rationalist nor Deist ( though he counted Thomas Chubb among his friends ) , and yet remarkably , he insisted on the value of an established church and the obligation of all ...
Page xiv
... nature was a rational construct needing no empirical demonstration. Secondly, Sanna argued that Hoadly conceived the transition from a state of nature to a political society as irreversible, so that, when government was ended by tyranny ...
... nature was a rational construct needing no empirical demonstration. Secondly, Sanna argued that Hoadly conceived the transition from a state of nature to a political society as irreversible, so that, when government was ended by tyranny ...
Page xv
... nature of the power of the state in 1705- 9. The central issue was, of course, the legitimacy of resistance to tyrants and the limited nature of passive obedience to the civil magistrate. It was the principle of resistance that brought ...
... nature of the power of the state in 1705- 9. The central issue was, of course, the legitimacy of resistance to tyrants and the limited nature of passive obedience to the civil magistrate. It was the principle of resistance that brought ...
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... nature , a relatively solitary activity and to have it made less so by friends and colleagues is a great advantage . Perhaps Laurence Sterne was right when he claimed that ' writing , when properly managed , ... is but a different name ...
... nature , a relatively solitary activity and to have it made less so by friends and colleagues is a great advantage . Perhaps Laurence Sterne was right when he claimed that ' writing , when properly managed , ... is but a different name ...
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Contents
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Sacheverell Adversity and Triumph 17101717 | 89 |
5 The Years of the Bangorian Controversy 171721 | 137 |
Hereford and Salisbury 17211734 | 189 |
Hoadly at Winchester 17341761 | 223 |
Conclusion | 273 |
Hoadly in Poetry | 279 |
References | 293 |
Bibliography | 348 |
Index | 367 |
Back Cover | 376 |
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