Adriaan Koerbagh : a light shining in dark places, to illuminate the main questions of theology and religion / / edited and translated by Michiel Wielema ; with an introduction by Wiep van Bunge.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 207
• Author: Koerbagh, Adriaan, ca. 1632-1669.
• TeilnehmendeR: Wielema, M. R., 1959-
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 207.; Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's texts and sources in intellectual history ; v. 12.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (520 p.)
• Notes: Originally published in Amsterdam, 1668.
• Other title: Ligt schijnende in duystere plaatsen.; Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Note on the Texts /; Een Ligt Schijnende in Duystere Plaatsen: Om te Verligten de Voornaamste Saaken der Gods Geleertheyd en Gods Dienst Voorwoord /; Van Wesen, Jehova, en de Waereld /; Van de Drie-eenheyd, de Trinitate /; Van den Behouder gesegt Jesus /; Van den Heyligen Geest, de spiritu sancto /; Van Goed ende Kwaad, de bono et malo /; Van de Godsdienst, de religione /; Van de h. schrift of het h. boek, de bibliis, of s. scriptura /; Van de ketters en ketterijen, de haereticis et haeresia /; Van den hemel, de coelo /; Van de hel, gehenna /; Van de Godspraaken, de oraculis, en van de ligten en volmaaktheden, urim en thummim /; Van de booden, die men segt te sijn goede geesten, de angelis /; Van de lasteraars of tegenstanders, die men segt te sijn kwaade geesten, de diabolis, satanis /; Van de spokerijen, en verschijningen, de spectris /; Van de wijsen en wijsheijd, welke van de geestelijken gesegt worden te sijn tovenaars of boosgeestige konstenaars, en toverij of boosgeestige konst, magoi et magia /; Van de wonderwerken, de miraculis /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283334690; 9786613334695; 9004214585
• ISSN: 0920-8607
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited and translated by Michiel Wielema ; with an introduction by Wiep van Bunge.

Ever since it was first written, Adriaan Koerbagh's anti-Christian work, A Light Shining in Dark Places , has been nearly inaccessible. Had it been known during the Enlightenment, it would have been a great inspiration to radical thinkers. However, it was suppressed and the author died in jail. The full text is now available in English. Koerbagh demolishes such Christian notions as the Creator, the Trinity, the divinity of Jesus, heaven and hell, angels, devils and miracles. Instead, he presents a monistic world view in which Nature and God are identical. Theology is a part of natural science. God can only be worshipped by acting rationally. Koerbagh's rational religion is intended to contribute to a free, peaceful and liberal society.