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Godly Learning: Puritan Attitudes towards Reason, Learning and Education, 1560–1640
John Morgan
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Description for Godly Learning: Puritan Attitudes towards Reason, Learning and Education, 1560–1640
paperback. The re-interpretation of the intellectual attitudes behind the English Puritans' better-known political and eccesiological viewpoints is the subject of this book. It looks at their attempt to blend knowledge with their faith to produce a distinct approach to reason, learning, and education. Num Pages: 380 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Godly Learning attempts to establish the relationship which Puritans worked out between faith and reason in the eighty years before the Civil War. This was a period of rapid expansion of educational facilities, of a clash between humanist values of the Renaissance and the fideism of the Reformation, and of confrontations between traditionalist (primarily Aristotelian) approaches to knowledge and the more experimental path signalled by Bacon. Taking an existential approach to the question of meaning, Puritans sought their solution in the development of a covenant theology based on a life of active faith. They argued vehemently that natural reason was ... Read more
Godly Learning attempts to establish the relationship which Puritans worked out between faith and reason in the eighty years before the Civil War. This was a period of rapid expansion of educational facilities, of a clash between humanist values of the Renaissance and the fideism of the Reformation, and of confrontations between traditionalist (primarily Aristotelian) approaches to knowledge and the more experimental path signalled by Bacon. Taking an existential approach to the question of meaning, Puritans sought their solution in the development of a covenant theology based on a life of active faith. They argued vehemently that natural reason was ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
380
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521357005
SKU
KSG0034293
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Reviews for Godly Learning: Puritan Attitudes towards Reason, Learning and Education, 1560–1640
'The central tension between faith and reason lies at the core of Dr Morgan's book, thoroughly researched, thoughtfully argued, generally a treat to read … when the blurb claims that 'not since Perry Miller has there been such a thorough attempt to comprehend the Puritan view of reason', it seems a wholly justified claim.' The Times Higher Education Supplement 'Among ... Read more