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5The Reasonableness of Christianity and A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St PaulIn Matthew Stuart (ed.), A Companion to Locke, Blackwell. 2015.John Locke professed Christianity, and his The Reasonableness of Christianity and A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St Paul relate mainly to human nature. Locke acknowledged two sources of human knowledge: Nature and Scripture. Locke adhered to a high anthropology: human nature was designed to be immortal and incorruptible, and mankind's destiny is to be raised to a state of immortal bliss to dwell in a transfigured spiritual body. His reflections on power are also relevant. The distinct…Read more
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8Locke’s Hermeneutics of Existence and His Representation of ChristianityIn Luisa Simonutti (ed.), Locke and Biblical Hermeneutics: Conscience and Scripture, Springer Verlag. pp. 77-103. 2019.The word “Hermeneutics” has an exotic aura that may seem uncharacteristic of Locke. It was not one that he employed, nor is it commonly used by his contemporary interpreters, which are reasons enough to require an explanation of its prominence in the title and in the discussion that follows. “Locke’s theory and practice of interpretation” may seem a plainer and more suitable choice of words to characterize the subject of this study, although it is a less convenient alternative, employing several…Read more
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42A dark history of modern philosophyBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 26 (6): 1248-1249. 2018.
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18John Locke: The Philosopher as Christian VirtuosoOxford University Press. 2017.Victor Nuovo represents the philosophical thought of John Locke as the work of a Christian virtuoso: an empirical natural philosopher, who was also a practising Christian. Locke believed that the two vocations were not only compatible, but mutually sustaining, and he aspired to unite them in producing a system of Christian philosophy.
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20John Locke and Christianity: contemporary responses to The reasonableness of Christianity (edited book)Thoemmes Press. 1997.The Reasonableness of Christianity is a major work by one of the greatest modern philosophers. Published anonymously in 1695, it entered a world upset by fierce theological conflict and immediately became a subject of controversy. At issue were the author’s intentions. John Edwards labelled it a Socinian work and charged that it was subversive not only of Christianity but of religion itself others praised it as a sure preservative of both. Few understood Locke’s intentions, and perhaps no one fu…Read more
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9Vindications of the Reasonableness of Christianity (edited book)Oxford University Press UK. 2011.This volume makes available for the first time critical editions of John Locke's A Vindication and A Second Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity, in which Locke defends his interpretation of the New Testament and of the Christian Religion against charges of heterodoxy. These works contribute greatly to our understanding of Locke's Christian commitments, which it is now recognized played an important role in shaping his philosophical opinions; they also demonstrate his sophistication…Read more
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Locke's theology, 1694-1704In Michael Alexander Stewart (ed.), English philosophy in the age of Locke, Oxford University Press. 2000.
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27John Locke: Writings on Religion (edited book)Oxford University Press UK. 2002.John Locke was a founder and shaper of modern thought and society, and his books are among the most influential ever written. He lived at a time of heightened religious sensibility, and religious motives and theological beliefs were fundamental to his philosophical outlook. Victor Nuovo brings together, for the first time, a comprehensive collection of Locke's writings on religion and theology. Read together, and in context, these writings illustrate the deep and pervasive religious motivation i…Read more
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28the three topics named in the title of this book: Christianity, antiquity, and Enlightenment, are not meant merely to describe the contents of the various chapters it contains. a narrative is implied in their selection and arrangement, and embedded ...
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32The dutch enlightenmentBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 13 (4). 2005.This Article does not have an abstract
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Locke's proof of the divine authority of scriptureIn Ruth Savage (ed.), Philosophy and religion in Enlightenment Britain: new case studies, Oxford University Press. 2012.
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12John Locke: Vindications of the Reasonableness of Christianity (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2011.Victor Nuovo presents the first scholarly edition of John Locke's A Vindication (1695) and A Second Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity (1697), in which Locke defends the New Testament and the Christian Religion against charges of heterodoxy. The texts are accompanied by a wealth of critical and contextual apparatus
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49Review of Jeremy Waldron, God, Locke and Equality: Christian Foundations of Locke's Political Thought (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2003 (5). 2003.
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John LockeIn Graham Oppy & Nick Trakakis (eds.), Medieval Philosophy of Religion: The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 2, Routledge. pp. 3--153. 2009.
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5Writings on Religion (edited book)Oxford University Press UK. 2002.John Locke was a founder and shaper of modern thought and society, and his books are among the most influential ever written. He lived at a time of heightened religious sensibility, and religious motives and theological beliefs were fundamental to his philosophical outlook. Victor Nuovo brings together, for the first time, a comprehensive collection of Locke's writings on religion and theology. Read together, and in context, these writings illustrate the deep and pervasive religious motivation i…Read more
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