Reason and Religion in Late Seventeenth-Century England: The Politics and Theology of Radical Dissent

by Christopher J. Walker

Reason has always held an uncertain position within Christianity. ""I believe because it is absurd',"" wrote Tertullian in the third century as he dismissed rational thought. For Augustine of Hippo, reason had some merit as a route to faith but otherwise was of limited value, since it could undermine a person's ability to approach God: ""the wisdom of the creature,"" he opined, ""is a kind of twilight."" In seventeenth-century England, reason had...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780762925
• ISBN13: 9781780762920
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"