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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788420403321

Autore

Myers Benjamin <1978->

Titolo

Milton's theology of freedom [[electronic resource] /] / Benjamin Myers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, c2006

ISBN

3-11-091937-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, , 1861-5996 ; ; Bd. 98

Classificazione

BP 4320

Disciplina

821/.4

Soggetti

Free will and determinism in literature

Free will and determinism - Religious aspects - Christianity

Liberty in literature

Liberty - Religious aspects - Christianity

Theology, Doctrinal, in literature

Theology, Doctrinal - History - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-193) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. Heresy and orthodoxy ; Continuities and discontinuities ; Contexts of Milton's theology ; Dead ideas ; Poetic theology -- The theology of freedom : a short history. Augustine ; Anselm of Canterbury ; Thomas Aquinas ; John Duns Scotus ; William of Ockham ; Martin Luther ; John Calvin ; Reformed orthodoxy ; Arminianism ; Amyraldism ; De doctrina christiana -- The satanic theology of freedom. Satan as heretic ; Divine tyranny ; Fatalism ; Devil writ large -- Predestination and freedom. Universal election ; Reprobation ; Predestined freedom -- The freedom of God. The free creator ; Arian freedom ; Divine and creaturely freedom -- Human freedom and the fall. Freedom and necessity ; Contingent freedom ; Contingence and theodicy ; A free fall ; Freedom enthralled -- Grace, conversion and freedom . Universal prevenient grace ; The conversion of Adam and Eve ; Continuing conversion.

Sommario/riassunto

A study of the theology of John Milton (1608-74) which explores his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667) against the background of post-Reformation controversies regarding predestination, creation, free will, sin, and grace.