Finding Locke’s God: The Theological Basis of John Locke’s Political Thought Nathan Guy

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• ISBN 10:1350103527
• ISBN 13: 9781350103528
• Author:Nathan Guy

The portrait of John Locke as a secular advocate of Enlightenment rationality has been deconstructed by the recent ‘religious turn’ in Locke scholarship. This book takes an important next step: moving beyond the ‘religious turn’ and establishing a ‘theological turn’, Nathan Guy argues that John Locke ought to be viewed as a Christian political philosopher whose political theory was firmly rooted in the moderating Latitudinarian theology of the seventeenth-century.

Nestled between the secular political philosopher and the Christian public theologian stands Locke, the Christian political philosopher, whose arguments not only self-consciously depend upon Christian assumptions, but also offer a decidedly Christian theory of government. Finding Locke’s God identifies three theological pillars crucial to Locke’s political theory: (1) a biblical depiction of God, (2) the law of nature rooted in a doctrine of creation and (3) acceptance of divine revelation in scripture. As a result, Locke’s political philosophy brings forth theologically-rich aims, while seeking to counter or disarm threats such as atheism, hyper-Calvinism, and religious enthusiasm.

Table contents:

Part 1 In Defense of the Religious Turn

1 The New Perspective on Locke: The Religious (Re)Turn in Locke Scholarship

2 Life in the Areopagus: Secular Echoes, Religious Refrain

3 Locke and the Latitudinarians: Locke’s Religious Experience and Theological Influences in the Co

Part 2 From a “Religious” to a “Theological” Turn: Tracing Locke’s Theological Argumentati

4 The God of Christianity and the Foundations of Morality

5 Natural Law, the Law of Nature, and a Theology of Creation

6 Revelation, Reason, and Scripture

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