Theology in America: Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil WarYale University Press, 2003 M01 1 - 617 pages Since its first publication in 1859, few works of political philosophy have provoked such continuous controversy as John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, a passionate argument on behalf of freedom of self-expression. This classic work is now available in this volume which also includes essays by scholars in a range of fields. The text begins with a biographical essay by David Bromwich and an interpretative essay by George Kateb. Then Jean Bethke Elshtain, Owen Fiss, Judge Richard A. Posner and Jeremy Waldron present commentaries on the pertinence of Mill's thinking to early 21st century debates. They discuss, for example, the uses of authority and tradition, the shifting legal boundaries of free speech and free action, the relation of personal liberty to market individualism, and the tension between the right to live as one pleases and the right to criticize anyone's way of life. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 92
Page 4
... Thomas Ralston ex- plained that theologians derived their truths from the " inspired volume " but that part of their duty was to show that scripture , properly understood , was consistent with " the principles of sound philosophy and ...
... Thomas Ralston ex- plained that theologians derived their truths from the " inspired volume " but that part of their duty was to show that scripture , properly understood , was consistent with " the principles of sound philosophy and ...
Page 5
... Aristotelian thought and exemplified by Thomas Aquinas ( ca. 1225–74 ) , found evidence for God by reflection on the existence and order of the natural creation. The physical world pointed toward a cause sufficient to Introduction 5.
... Aristotelian thought and exemplified by Thomas Aquinas ( ca. 1225–74 ) , found evidence for God by reflection on the existence and order of the natural creation. The physical world pointed toward a cause sufficient to Introduction 5.
Page 9
... Thomas Aquinas in the thirteenth century viewed it as primarily , though not exclusively , speculative or theoretical because it dealt more with divine things than with human acts . His younger contemporary Duns Scotus viewed it as ...
... Thomas Aquinas in the thirteenth century viewed it as primarily , though not exclusively , speculative or theoretical because it dealt more with divine things than with human acts . His younger contemporary Duns Scotus viewed it as ...
Page 10
... Thomas Whittemore , converted by evidential arguments , exemplified the ideal blending of the rational and the practical.16 The Importance of Calvinism A substantial part of the history of theology in early America was an extended ...
... Thomas Whittemore , converted by evidential arguments , exemplified the ideal blending of the rational and the practical.16 The Importance of Calvinism A substantial part of the history of theology in early America was an extended ...
Page 17
... Thomas Langland's fourteenth - century poem Piers Plowman , but also giving expression to a broader cultural sensibility , the champions of the plowman trope elevated the wisdom of the simple plowman , plain of speech , above the ...
... Thomas Langland's fourteenth - century poem Piers Plowman , but also giving expression to a broader cultural sensibility , the champions of the plowman trope elevated the wisdom of the simple plowman , plain of speech , above the ...
Contents
| 1 | |
| 23 | |
Part 2 The Baconian Style | 157 |
Part 3 Alternatives to Baconian Reason | 395 |
26 Afterword | 505 |
Notes | 513 |
Index | 597 |
Other editions - View all
Theology in America: Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the ... E. Brooks Holifield No preview available - 2003 |
Common terms and phrases
Alexander Campbell American Andover Anglican antinomian argued argument Arminian atonement authority Baconian Baptist became believed Bible biblical Boston Bushnell Calvinism Calvinist Catholic century Channing Charles Hodge Christ Christian church claimed clergy congregation Cotton Cotton Mather covenant critics debate defended deism deists divine doctrine Edwardean Emerson England Episcopal Essay eternal evangelical evidence evidential faith God's gospel grace History holiness Hopkins human ibid idea imputation Increase Mather insisted Jesus John Jonathan Edwards justification Lectures Lutheran Mather Mercersburg theology Methodist millennial ministers miracles moral Mormon movement natural theology Nevin Old Calvinists Orestes Brownson original sin pastor Philadelphia Philip Schaff philosophy populist preached Presbyterian Princeton principle Protestant Quakers rational reason Reformed regeneration religion religious revelation revivalist sacramental salvation Samuel Schaff Scottish scripture Seminary sense sermons sinful sinners slavery Smith Spirit taught Taylor Testament theologians Thomas Thornwell thought tion tradition transcendentalists truth Unitarian Universalist University Press virtue William wrote Yale York