The religious life of Samuel Johnson / Charles E. Pierce, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pierce, Charles E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, English--Religious life.

Authors, English.

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--Religion.

Johnson, Samuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Athlone, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Samuel Johnson was a deeply religious man and he came to depend on his Christian faith as the principal means by which to endure the pain of existence. He sought throughout his life to render himself worthy of salvation, but the difficulties which he ecperienced in trying to maintain a high degree of reigious discipline - as well as his doubts about God's ultimate concern for man and his fears of his own spiritual unworthiness - led him in to periods of madness and a perpetual dread of damnation. Charles Pierce examines the effect of Johnson's religious concerns upon the formation of his compl

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The Anvil of Anxiety; 2. The Crucible of Faith; 3. The Pursuit of Piety; 4. The Character of Fearing; 5. The Meaning of the Journey; 6. A Crisis of Faith; 7. The Last Great Trial; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

9786611783563

9781281783561

1281783560

9780567567291

056756729X

OCLC:

320325039