A companion to Richard Hooker / edited by Torrance Kirby ; with a foreword by Rowan Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kirby, W. J. Torrance.

Series:

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 8.

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, 1871-6377 ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hooker, Richard, 1553 or 1554-1600.

Hooker, Richard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (710 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Richard Hooker was a learned philosophical theologian and engaged polemicist of the later sixteenth century who explained and defended the Elizabethan religious and political settlement, and shaped definitively the self-understanding of the English ecclesiastical establishment for centuries to come. This Companion to Richard Hooker brings together a representative body of contributors with a view to offering a summary of the current state of scholarly debate and a synthesis of emerging trends in criticism. Contributions to this volume reflect the major current trends of scholarly opinion on Hooker’s place within the mainstream of Protestant reform. This Companion aims to provide a comprehensive and systematic introduction to Richard Hooker’s life, works, thought, reputation, and influence. Contributors are: Rudolph P. Almasy, Daniel Eppley, Lee W. Gibbs, Egil Grislis, William Harrison, W. Speed Hill, Ranall Ingalls, Dean Kernan, Torrance Kirby, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A. S. McGrade, W. David Neelands, W. Brown Patterson, Debora K. Shuger, Corneliu C. Simuţ, John K. Stafford, Paul Stanwood, James F. Turrell, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / W.J.T. Kirby

Chapter One. Life of Hooker / Lee W. Gibbs

Chapter Two. Works and editions I / P. G. Stanwood

Chapter Three. Works and editions II / W. Speed Hill

Chapter Four. Classical, patristic, and medieval sources / A. S. Mcgrade

Chapter Five. Elizabethan theological polemics / W. B. Patterson

Chapter Six. Rhetoric and apologetics / Rudolph P. Almasy

Chapter Seven. Sin and grace / Ranall Ingalls

Chapter Eight. Predestination / W. David Neelands

Chapter Nine. Faith and assurance / Debora K. Shuger

Chapter Ten. Reason and law / W. J. Torrance Kirby

Chapter Eleven. Scriptural hermeneutics / Egil Grislis

Chapter Twelve. The church / William H. Harrison

Chapter Thirteen. Uniformity and common prayer / James F. Turrell

Chapter Fourteen. Christology and the sacraments / W. David Neelands

Chapter Fifteen. Orders of ministry / Corneliu C. Simuţ

Chapter Sixteen. Jurisdiction and the keys / Dean Kernan

Chapter Seventeen. Episcopacy / A. S. Mcgrade

Chapter Eighteen. Royal supremacy / Daniel Eppley

Chapter Nineteen. Practical divinity / John K. Stafford

Chapter Twenty. Richard Hooker’s reputation / Diarmaid Macculloch

Select bibliography / Egil Grislis and John K. Stafford

Index / W.J.T. Kirby.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [613]-638) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-39812-1

9786612398124

90-474-3295-9

OCLC:

592756356

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004165342.i-670 DOI