Leibniz
Protestant Theologian
Seiten
2016
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-989184-9 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-989184-9 (ISBN)
Irena Backus offers the first examination of Leibniz as both scholar and theologian in more than four hundred years, illuminating the relationship between metaphysics and theology in Leibniz's handling of key theological issues of his time: predestination, sacred history, the Eucharist, and efforts for a union between Lutherans and Catholics and between Lutherans and Calvinists.
Irena Backus offers the first study in over four hundred years that characterizes Leibniz as both scholar and theologian. She explores his treatment of the key theological issues of his timepredestination, sacred history, the Eucharist, efforts for a union between Lutherans and members of other Christian traditionsilluminating his unique integration of theology into philosophy.
Drawing on a wide range of Leibniz's writings, Backus carefully examines the philosophical points and counterpoints of his positions. She shows how Leibniz's Lutheran theology was reconciled with his philosophy, and demonstrates that the solutions he sought to the problems of confessional division were more philosophical than theological. Despite his attempts to merge the two fields, Backus reveals, many of Leibniz's ideas were met with resistance by both theologians and philosophers of his time.
Using a wealth of previously unexplored material, Backus also includes the first-ever English translation of the Unvorgreiffliches Bedencken. This study will be an important contribution to the history of ideas, and to understanding Leibniz's place in the mainstream Protestant theology of his time.
Irena Backus offers the first study in over four hundred years that characterizes Leibniz as both scholar and theologian. She explores his treatment of the key theological issues of his timepredestination, sacred history, the Eucharist, efforts for a union between Lutherans and members of other Christian traditionsilluminating his unique integration of theology into philosophy.
Drawing on a wide range of Leibniz's writings, Backus carefully examines the philosophical points and counterpoints of his positions. She shows how Leibniz's Lutheran theology was reconciled with his philosophy, and demonstrates that the solutions he sought to the problems of confessional division were more philosophical than theological. Despite his attempts to merge the two fields, Backus reveals, many of Leibniz's ideas were met with resistance by both theologians and philosophers of his time.
Using a wealth of previously unexplored material, Backus also includes the first-ever English translation of the Unvorgreiffliches Bedencken. This study will be an important contribution to the history of ideas, and to understanding Leibniz's place in the mainstream Protestant theology of his time.
Irena Backus is Professor of Reformation History and Ecclesiastical Latin at the Institute of Reformation History at the University of Geneva.
Abbreviations ; Introduction ; Part I. Eucharist and Substance ; 1. Transubstantiation and the Problem of Real Presence ; 2. Negotiations with the Reformed and the problem of real presence ; Appendix to Chapter 2: A selection of texts on the negotiations ; Part II. Predestination and Necessity ; 3. Predestination ; 4. Necessity ; 5. Leibniz and Augustine ; Part III. Leibniz the Historian of the Sacred ; 6. Leibniz's Concept of Historia Sacra ; 7. History, Apocalyptic Prophecy, Early Heresies: Leibniz, Newton, Grotius ; 8. Concluding Remarks ; Notes ; Index
| Verlagsort | New York |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 163 x 160 mm |
| Gewicht | 590 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-989184-2 / 0199891842 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-989184-9 / 9780199891849 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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