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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Page ix
... thought , we find here a convincing account of the Whig side of the leading debates of late Stuart and early Hanoverian England . Indeed , a measure of William Gibson's achievement is that he not only revives Hoadly's reputation ...
... thought , we find here a convincing account of the Whig side of the leading debates of late Stuart and early Hanoverian England . Indeed , a measure of William Gibson's achievement is that he not only revives Hoadly's reputation ...
Page xiii
... thought fit not to reveal – or to render intelligible – to human understanding, people were better to leave undetermined, as the more the theologian entered the territory of darkness, the more the faithful was confused, particularly ...
... thought fit not to reveal – or to render intelligible – to human understanding, people were better to leave undetermined, as the more the theologian entered the territory of darkness, the more the faithful was confused, particularly ...
Page xiv
... thought the first five books of the Old Testament (and especially the story of Cain), if rightly understood, was evidence that men were born free, not under government, which must therefore be a human creation. In contrast, Locke ...
... thought the first five books of the Old Testament (and especially the story of Cain), if rightly understood, was evidence that men were born free, not under government, which must therefore be a human creation. In contrast, Locke ...
Page xviii
... thought in a way that would not have occurred before this book.22 Finally, the quest for Hoadly manuscripts and archives, discussed in the Acknowledgements, goes on. There have been a few discoveries. Hoadly's accounts while Bishop of ...
... thought in a way that would not have occurred before this book.22 Finally, the quest for Hoadly manuscripts and archives, discussed in the Acknowledgements, goes on. There have been a few discoveries. Hoadly's accounts while Bishop of ...
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... thoughts turned so often to Hoadly because the controversies in which the Bishop had taken part were those that dominated political and religious thought throughout the eighteenth century . Even debates at the end of the eighteenth ...
... thoughts turned so often to Hoadly because the controversies in which the Bishop had taken part were those that dominated political and religious thought throughout the eighteenth century . Even debates at the end of the eighteenth ...
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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