The Development of Anglican Moral Theology, 1680-1950.

• Superior document: Anglican-Episcopal Theology and History Series ; v.10
• Author: H. Sedgwick, Peter.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Anglican-Episcopal Theology and History Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (466 pages)

The Development of Anglican Moral Theology shows its dialogue with the culture of its day from 1680-1950. It covers such great figures as Butler, Coleridge, the Anglican Newman and Archbishop Temple, and presents it as a dynamic and creative tradition.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 1680-1830 -- 1 The Changing Interpretation of English Religion, 1680-1750 -- 1 Introduction: The Shape of the First Two Chapters -- 2 J. C. D. Clark and the Rethinking of English Politics after 1688 -- 3 Religion in English Society after 1688 -- 4 Religion in the Early Enlightenment -- 5 Conclusion -- 2 Theology and the English Enlightenment, 1660-1720 -- 1 The End of the Reformation in Europe, and the Challenge to Christian Orthodoxy -- 2 Revelation and Scripture in the Early Enlightenment -- 3 Reason in the Early Enlightenment -- 4 Thomas Hobbes -- 5 John Locke and Empiricism -- 6 The End of the Seventeenth Century in England: Cambridge Platonism and the Latitudinarians -- 7 Shaftesbury and the Moral Sense School -- 8 The Challenge of Shaftesbury to Orthodox Christianity -- 3 Joseph Butler's Rolls Sermons -- 1 Butler's Early Life and Education -- 2 Butler and Samuel Clarke -- 3 Butler's Later Life, 1721-1752 -- 4 Butler's Refutation of Hobbes -- 5 Butler on Shaftesbury and Hutcheson -- 6 Butler's Critique of Locke: Religious Affections -- 7 Butler's Critique of Locke: Personal Identity -- 8 Butler on 'Superior Principles' -- 9 Butler on Benevolence -- 10 Butler on Self-Love -- 11 Butler on Conscience -- 12 Butler on Self-Deceit -- 13 The Significance of Butler -- 4 William Law -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Law's Life -- 3 Law as a Non-Juror -- 4 Law as Controversialist: Hoadly -- 5 Law as Controversialist: Mandeville -- 6 A Serious Call: Vocation -- 7 A Serious Call: Asceticism -- 8 A Serious Call: Literary Style -- 9 A Serious Call: Celibacy and Virginity -- 10 A Serious Call: An Ecclesial Ethic -- 11 A Serious Call: The Place of Reason -- 12 A Serious Call: Sanctification -- 13 Conclusion -- 5 Anglican Moral Theology, 1730-1800: Gay, Tucker, Paley and Wesley -- 1 Introduction.

2 The Mid-Eighteenth Century and the Influence of Locke -- 3 John Gay and Theological Utilitarianism -- 4 Edmund Law and Richard Watson on Moral Teaching and Conscience -- 5 William Paley and Later Theological Utilitarianism -- 6 The Demise of Theological Utilitarianism -- 7 John Wesley: Context and Life -- 8 Wesley and Sanctification -- 9 Wesley and Butler -- 10 Wesley and Enthusiasm -- 11 Wesley on Emotion in Moral Judgement -- 12 Conclusion -- 6 Coleridge -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Re-evaluation of Coleridge -- 3 Coleridge's Life -- 4 Coleridge on Paley and Jeremy Taylor -- 5 Coleridge's Reading of Neoplatonism -- 6 Coleridge and Kant -- 7 Coleridge and Aids to Reflection -- 8 Coleridge's Legacy -- 9 Conclusion -- Conclusion to Part 1 -- Part 2 1830-1950 -- 7 John Henry Newman -- 1 Introduction: The Changing Historiography on Newman -- 2 The Anglican Newman -- 3 Newman's Life -- 4 The Break with Evangelicalism -- 5 Newman on Humility -- 6 The Parochial Sermons -- 7 The University Sermons -- 8 Newman on Moral Character -- 9 Newman on Conscience -- 10 Newman on Personal Influence and Justice -- 11 Newman on Personal Responsibility -- 12 The Influence of Anglican Theologians: The Carolines -- 13 The Influence of Anglican Theologians: Butler -- 14 The Influence of Anglican Theologians: Coleridge -- 15 Conclusion -- 8 Frederick Denison Maurice -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Maurice's Life -- 3 Moral Philosophy at Cambridge -- 4 Coleridge's Influence on Maurice -- 5 Maurice's Theological Anthropology -- 6 Maurice on Conscience -- 7 Biblical Theology and Christian Ethics -- 8 Criticisms of Maurice's Theology -- 9 Maurice's Contribution to Anglican Moral Theology -- 9 The Lux Mundi School -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Influence of John Stuart Mill and Utilitarianism -- 3 The Lux Mundi Theologians: Charles Gore, Henry Scott Holland and R. C. Moberly.

4 Philosophical Idealism at Oxford -- 5 Green's Moral Philosophy -- 6 Bradley on Self-Realization -- 7 Donald MacKinnon on the British Idealists -- 8 Gore on Christ's Moral Character -- 9 Gore on Social Morality -- 10 Holland on Faith and Moral Will -- 11 Holland on Christian Moral Character -- 12 Moberly on Self-Realization -- 13 Inge's Response to Moberly's Idealism -- 14 Moberly on Penitence and Beauty -- 15 Conclusion -- 10 William Temple's Christian Ethics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Temple's Life -- 3 Edward Caird and William Temple -- 4 The Faith and Modern Thought -- 5 The Nature of Personality -- 6 Mens Creatrix -- 7 Christus Veritas -- 8 Nature, Man and God -- 9 Reviews of Nature, Man and God -- 10 Temple's Later Theology in the 1930s -- 11 Temple's Aquinas Lecture, 1943 -- 12 Temple's Significance -- 11 Kenneth Kirk: History and Casuistry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Revival of Thomism and the First World War -- 3 Kirk's Life -- 4 Casuistry and Conscience -- 5 How the Church Can Change Its Mind -- 6 Lambeth Conference, 1930 -- 7 The Vision of God -- 8 Contemporary Anglican Moral Theologians on Kirk -- 9 Conclusion -- Conclusion: Anglican Moral Theology 1680-1950 -- Bibliography -- Index.