Milton's Scriptural Theology: Confronting de Doctrina Christiana
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Milton spoke of De Doctrina as "my best and most precious possession" (haec, quibus nihil melius aut pretiosius habeo). In this book, John K. Hale confronts De Doctrina as Milton's "best", and in many senses personal, contribution to theology. Its theology is distinctive in several unorthodoxies, and their zestful advocacy; and in some orthodoxies too, like his measured account of Predestination. At the very least, De Doctrina is Milton's one and only worked-out Credo. And it figures, albeit belatedly, in histories of the great mid-century Trinitarian debate: it is on the wider map of theology; it counts. Through close reading of the Latin itself, the author assesses the work and its aim, its degrees of success and its by-products, as these reveal Milton at his "personal best." While to a candid appraisal--or to historians or methodologists of theology--his best might not seem the very best ever, this work remains unutterably precious to Milton, and close reading reveals the passion and energy of his mind in its acts of thought. To understand the personal dimension of Milton's theology is to understand, and evaluate, his mind in action.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1641893400
ISBN13:9781641893404
Release Date:September 2019
Publisher:ARC Humanities Press
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.79 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"
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