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The life and theology of Alexander Knox : Anglicanism in the Age of Enlightenment and Romanticism /

In his The Life and Theology of Alexander Knox, David McCready highlights one of the most important figures in the history of Anglicanism. A disciple of John Wesley, Knox presents his mentor as a representative of the Neo-Platonic tradition within Anglicanism, a tradition that Knox himself also exem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCready, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Colección:Anglican-Episcopal theology and history ; v. 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Importance of Alexander Knox
  • 2 Previous Examinations of Knox
  • 3 The Present Study
  • 4 Sources
  • Chapter 1 The Life of Alexander Knox
  • 1 Background, 1757-1831
  • 2 Knox's Early Life and the Influence of Wesley
  • 3 Public Life
  • 4 Religious Retirement
  • 5 Knox and John Jebb
  • 6 Roman Catholic Emancipation and Roman Catholicism
  • 7 Knox's Death
  • 8 Conclusion
  • Chapter 2 Alexander Knox and Anglicanism
  • 1 Knox as a Theoretician of Anglicanism
  • 2 The Appeal to Antiquity
  • 3 The Prayer Book
  • 4 The Other Anglican Standards
  • 5 High Churchmanship
  • 6 Evangelicalism
  • 7 Hannah More
  • 8 Conclusion
  • Chapter 3 Alexander Knox and John Wesley
  • 1 Knox's First Two Defences of Wesley
  • 2 Knox's Remarks on the Life and Character of John Wesley
  • 3 Wesley's Influence on Knox
  • 4 Knox's Disagreements with Wesley's Theology
  • 5 Knox's Agreement with Wesley's Theology
  • 6 Knox and Methodism
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Chapter 4 Alexander Knox and the Christian Platonic Tradition
  • 1 The Platonic Tradition
  • 2 Clement of Alexandria
  • 3 Pseudo-Macarius
  • 4 John Chrysostom
  • 5 Mysticism
  • 6 The Anglican Moderates
  • 7 Wesley and the Platonic Tradition
  • 8 Knox and the Platonic Tradition
  • 9 Conclusion
  • Chapter 5 Alexander Knox in the Context of His Times: Heart Religion, the Enlightenment and Romanticism
  • 1 Heart Religion
  • 2 Knox and the Enlightenment
  • 3 Romanticism
  • 4 Knox as a Romantic Theologian
  • 5 Knox and Coleridge
  • 6 Knox and Schleiermacher
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Chapter 6 The Characteristics of Alexander Knox's Theology
  • 1 A Coherent Theology
  • 2 A Consistent Theology
  • 3 A Practical Theology
  • 4 A Consensual Theology
  • 5 An Eclectic Theology
  • 6 A "Philosophic" Theology
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Chapter 7 Alexander Knox's Theological Methodology
  • 1 "The Science of True Piety"
  • 2 The Bible in Knox's Thought
  • 3 Universal Consent
  • 4 The Consensus Patrum
  • 5 Experience
  • 6 Intuition
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Chapter 8 Alexander Knox's Theology (I): God and Humanity, Christ and the Holy Spirit
  • 1 God
  • 2 Humanity
  • 3 Sources of Knox's Anthropology
  • 4 Christology
  • 5 Pneumatology
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Chapter 9 Alexander Knox's Theology (II): Justification and Perfection
  • 1 Justification
  • 2 Sources of Knox's Doctrine of Justification
  • 3 Perfection
  • 4 Sources of Knox's Doctrine of Perfection
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Chapter 10 Alexander Knox's Theology (III): Baptism and the Eucharist
  • 1 The Baptismal Controversy
  • 2 Knox's Doctrine of Baptism
  • 3 Sources of Knox's Baptismal Theology
  • 4 The Eucharistic Presence
  • 5 Sources of Knox's Eucharistic Theology
  • 6 The Eucharistic Sacrifice and Priesthood
  • 7 Sources of Knox's Doctrine of Priesthood
  • Chapter 11 Alexander Knox's Theology (IV): Ecclesiology
  • 1 Knox's Description of the Church
  • 2 Knox's Theory of Church and Sects
  • 3 Visible Unity
  • 4 Establishment