Republican Learning: John Toland and the Crisis of Christian Culture, 1696-1722

Forsideomslag
Manchester University Press, 2003 - 264 sider
This volume explores the life, thought and political commitments of the free-thinker John Toland (1670-1722). Studying both his private archive and published works, it illustrates how Toland moved in both subversive and elite political circles in England and abroad. It explores the connections between his republican political thought and his irreligious belief about Christian doctrine, the ecclesiastical establishment and divine revelation, arguing that far from being a marginal and insignificant figure, Toland counted queens, princes and government ministers as his friends and political associates. In particular his intimate relationship with the Electress Sophia of Hanover saw him act as a court philosopher, but also as a powerful publicist for the Hanoverian succession.

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libraries friends and conversation25
25
John Toland and print and scribal communities45
45
PART II
91
impostors legislators and civil religion167
167
patristic erudition and the attack on Scripture190
190
ancient virtue213
213
CONCLUSION
221
WRITING ENLIGHTENMENT236
236
SELECT TOLANDIANA257
257
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Justin Champion is Professor of History at Royal Holloway, University of London

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