The biblical politics of John Locke / Kim Ian Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Kim Ian, 1956-

Contributor:

Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.

Series:

Editions SR ; v. 29.

Editions SR ; v. 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Locke, John, 1632-1704--Religion.

Locke, John.

Locke, John, 1632-1704--Contributions in political science.

Politics in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des sciences religeuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Locke is often thought of as one of the founders of the Enlightenment, a movement that sought to do away with the Bible and religion and replace them with scientific realism. But Locke was extremely interested in the Bible, and he was engaged by biblical theology and religion throughout his life. In this book, Kim Ian Parker considers Locke's interest in Scripture and how that interest is articulated in the development of his political philosophy." "Parker shows that Locke's liberalism is inspired by his religious vision and, particularly, his distinctive understanding of the early chapters of the Book of Genesis. Unlike Sir Robert Filmer, who understood the Bible to justify social hierarchies (i.e., the divine right of the king, the first-born son's rights over other siblings, and the "natural" subservience of women to men), Locke understood from the Bible that humans are in a natural state of freedom and equality with each other. The biblical debate between Filmer and Locke furnishes scholars with a better understanding of Locke's political views as presented in his Two Treatises." "The Biblical Politics of John Locke demonstrates the impact of the Bible on one of the most influential thinkers of the seventeenth century, and provides an original context in which to situate the debate concerning the origins of early modern political thought.

Contents:

John Locke: A Lifelong Interest in the Bible

Early Life (1632-1652)

Oxford (1652-1666)

Locke and Shaftesbury (1666-1675)

Travels in France (1675-1679)

Return to England (1679-1683)

Exile in Holland (1683-1689)

The Public Figure (1689-1704)

Reason, Revelation, and the Fall

Reason and Revelation

Hermeneutics

Human Nature: Locke and the Fall

Adam and Patriarchal Political Order

Patriarchal Theory

Biblical Patriarchalists

Sir Robert Filmer and the Occasion of His Writings

Filmer's Biblical Politics

John Locke's Adam: The First Treatise

The Inception of Locke's Two Treatises

Locke and the Bible: The Critics

Locke's Reply to Filmer: The First Treatise

John Locke's Adam: The Second Treatise

Natural Law

The State of Nature and Executive Privilege

Property

Paternal Power and Conjugal Society

The Beginning and End of Political Society.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610925889

9781280925887

1280925884

9781554581191

1554581192

OCLC:

753479566