From Puritanism to the Age of Reason : A Study of Changes in Religious Thought within the Church of England 1660 to 1700

Cragg, G. R.

Cambridge University Press（2008/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 260 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780521081603
• DDC分類 283.4209032

Full Description

First published in 1950 this is a critical study of changes in religious thought in the latter half of the seventeenth century. Dr Cragg's main concern is with the eclipse of Calvinism, the Cambridge Platonists, the religious significance of Locke, Toland and the rise of Deism, the relationship between the Church and the Civil power and the question of religious toleration. In its original form this book was awarded the Archbishop Cranmer Prize for 1945.

Contents

1. Introduction; 2. The Eclipse of Calvinism; 3. The Cambridge Platonists; 4. The Latitudinarians; 5. The Impact of the New Science; 6. The Religious Significance of John Locke; 7. John Toland and the Rise of Deism; 8. The Church and the Civil Power; 9. Toleration, the Triumph of an Idea; 10. Conclusion.