Reformed Orthodoxy and Philosophy, 1625-1750

Gisbertus Voetius, Petrus Van Mastricht, and Anthonius Driessen
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-90-04-15498-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 871 g

Reihe: Brill's Series in Church History

This book examines the thinking of several Reformed theologians on theological issues that are, historically or by content, related to philosophy.
Three Dutch authors from successive generations are considered in particular: Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676), Petrus van Mastricht (1630-1706), and Anthonius Driessen (1684-1748). A diversity of issues in Christian doctrine is discussed. These include the relationship between theology and philosophy, creation, Divine providence, the human being, and Divine and natural law.
By reconstructing the views of these three theologians, this book highlights similarities and differences within Reformed orthodoxy, both in doctrine and in relation to philosophy. The changes that thus become visible also suggest that biblical Christianity outlives the philosophical apparatus by whose assistence it is explained.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goudriaan, Aza

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Holy Scripture, Human Reason, and Natural Theology
2. Creation, Mosaic Physics, Copernicanism, and Divine Accommodation
3. The Providence of God, Secondary Causality, and Related Topics
4. The Human Being: His Soul and Body, Special Status, and Conscience
5. Divine and Natural Law: Theological and Political Aspects
6. Conclusions

Bibliography
General Index

Über Autor(innen)

Aza Goudriaan, Ph.D. (1999) in Theology, Leiden University, is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He has published on seventeenth-century philosophy and theology, including Jacobus Revius: A Theological Examination of Cartesian Philosophy. Early Criticisms (1647) (Brill, 2002).