The hallowing of logic : the Trinitarian method of Richard Baxter's Methodus theologiae / by Simon J.G. Burton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, Simon J. G.

Series:

Brill's series in church history ; d. 5.

Brill's series in church history, 1572-4107 ; v. 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology--Methodology.

Theology.

Trinity--History of doctrines.

Trinity.

Salvation--Christianity--History of doctrines.

Salvation.

Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. Methodus theologi Christian.

Baxter, Richard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (430 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While Richard Baxter (1615-91) has been called the ‘chief of English Protestant schoolmen’, few studies of his theology exist, and none of his major systematic work the Methodus Theologiae (1681). Through examining the scriptural and metaphysical foundations of his exemplaristic logic, and engaging extensively with his medieval and early modern sources, this study presents Baxter’s understanding of method as the unfolding of the believer’s relation with the Triune God through salvation history, revealing his profound debt to Scotist and Nominalist thought. In tracing the manifold ramifications of this method it offers a fresh reading of Baxter’s soteriology, countering the charges of moralism and rationalism often levelled at him, and placing his thought within a scholastic paradigm of ‘faith seeking understanding’.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

I. Touchstones of Theology

II. The Quest for Method

III. The Physics and Metaphysics of the Vestigia Trinitatis

IV. The Soul as the Imago Trinitatis

V. Metaphysics of the Trinity

VI. The Eternal Foundations of Divine Government I: Divine Power, Understanding and Will

VII. The Eternal Foundations of Divine Government II: Predestination and Foreknowledge

VIII. Theo-Politics

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

1. Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-49620-7

9786613591432

90-04-22641-9

OCLC:

794328550

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004226418 DOI