In surveying the history of the Hutchinsonian intellectual movement, this title explores the controversies in and around religion that sat at the very centre of the Enlightenment period in Britain. Integrating the various aspects of Hutchinsonianism that together help to define the movement, this book firstly critiques the existing historiography on the subject and secondly provides an overview of the movement's thought, growth and downfall. It offers a fascinating perspective on the role of religion, science and ecclesiastical history in eighteenth-century thought and will be valuable reading for scholars working in intellectual and cultural history.…mehr
In surveying the history of the Hutchinsonian intellectual movement, this title explores the controversies in and around religion that sat at the very centre of the Enlightenment period in Britain. Integrating the various aspects of Hutchinsonianism that together help to define the movement, this book firstly critiques the existing historiography on the subject and secondly provides an overview of the movement's thought, growth and downfall. It offers a fascinating perspective on the role of religion, science and ecclesiastical history in eighteenth-century thought and will be valuable reading for scholars working in intellectual and cultural history.
Derya Gurses Tarbuck is Assistant Professor in History at Bahcesehir University, Turkey. She obtained her PhD in intellectual history at Bilkent University in Turkey and has since held fellowship positions at UCLA, Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh. She has published extensively on eighteenth-century intellectual history.
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Preface Abbreviations INTRODUCTION 1: A VARIETY OF 'HUTCHINSONIANISMS' 2: THE TIMES, THE NEED AND THE MEN 3: A COMPACT DEFENCE AGAINST AN OVERALL ASSAULT: THE TRINITARIAN SYSTEM OF JOHN HUTCHINSON 4: THE CONTROVERSY OVER ELAHIM: 1735-1773 5: ACADEMIC HUTCHINSONIANS AND THEIR QUEST FOR RELEVANCE: 1734-1770 6: FROM MODERATION TO ASSIMILATION: 1777-1806 CONCLUSION APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY Index
Preface Abbreviations INTRODUCTION 1: A VARIETY OF 'HUTCHINSONIANISMS' 2: THE TIMES, THE NEED AND THE MEN 3: A COMPACT DEFENCE AGAINST AN OVERALL ASSAULT: THE TRINITARIAN SYSTEM OF JOHN HUTCHINSON 4: THE CONTROVERSY OVER ELAHIM: 1735-1773 5: ACADEMIC HUTCHINSONIANS AND THEIR QUEST FOR RELEVANCE: 1734-1770 6: FROM MODERATION TO ASSIMILATION: 1777-1806 CONCLUSION APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY Index
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