Christianity, Antiquity, and Enlightenment: Interpretations of Locke
Author:   Victor Nuovo
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   2011 ed.
Volume:   203
ISBN:  

9789400702738


Pages:   276
Publication Date:   11 January 2011
Format:   Hardback
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The volume will consist of a series of interpretative studies of Locke’s philosophical and religious thought in historical context and consider his contributions to the Enlightenment and modern liberal thought.

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Author:   Victor Nuovo
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2011 ed.
Volume:   203
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.601kg
ISBN:  

9789400702738


ISBN 10:   9400702736
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   11 January 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations.- Introduction.- 1. A portrait of Locke as Christian Virtuoso.-2. Locke’s Theology, 1694–1704.- 3. Locke’s Proof of the divine authority of Scripture.- 4. Locke’s Christology as a Key to understanding his Philosophy.- 5. Locke on St Paul, Messianic Secrecy and the Consummation of Faith.- 6. Locke’s ‘Dubia circa Philosophiam Orientalem’ and the reception of Kabbala Denudata  in England during the Seventeenth Century.- 7. Reflections on Locke’s Platonism.- 8. Aspects of Stoicism in Locke’s Philosophy.- 9. Locke against the Epicureans.- 10. Locke’s Religious Thinking and his Politics.- 11. Catharine Cockburn’s Enlightenment.

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From the reviews: Anyone with a serious interest in Locke will be stimulated ... . Nuovo brings to the study of Locke a sensitivity to theological nuance and to the varieties of Christian doctrine which is rare in this day and age ... . serve as countervailing evidence for those who continue to imagine a thoroughly modern Mr. Locke, who engaged with the world in the secular liberal terms of a Rawls. ... Taken as a whole, Professor Nuovo's book succeeds quite splendidly ... . (Timothy Stanton, Locke Studies)


From the reviews: Anyone with a serious interest in Locke will be stimulated ! . Nuovo brings to the study of Locke a sensitivity to theological nuance and to the varieties of Christian doctrine which is rare in this day and age ! . serve as countervailing evidence for those who continue to imagine a thoroughly modern Mr. Locke, who engaged with the world in the secular liberal terms of a Rawls. ! Taken as a whole, Professor Nuovo's book succeeds quite splendidly ! . (Timothy Stanton, Locke Studies)


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