The origins of Anglican moral theology / by Peter H. Sedgwick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sedgwick, P. H. (Peter Humphrey), 1948- author.

Contributor:

Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Anglican-Episcopal theology and history ; v. 3.

Anglican-Episcopal theology and history ; volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian ethics--Anglican authors--History.

Christian ethics.

Christian ethics--Anglican authors.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 427 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

In 'The Origins of Anglican Moral Theology' Peter H. Sedgwick shows how Anglican moral theology has a distinctive ethos, drawing on Scripture, Augustine, the medieval theologians (Abelard, Aquinas and Scotus), and the great theologians of the Reformation, such as Luther and Calvin. A series of studies of Tyndale, Perkins, Hooker, Sanderson and Taylor shows the flourishing of this discipline from 1530 to 1670. Anglican moral theology has a coherence which enables it to engage in dialogue with other Christian theological traditions and to present a deeply pastoral but intellectually rigorous theological position. This book is unique because the origins of Anglican Moral Theology have never been studied in depth before.

Contents:

1 Anglican Moral Theology: the Development of a Tradition p. 1

1 Anglican Moral Theology in Contemporary Church Life p. 1

2 Towards a Definition of Anglican Moral Theology p. 13

3 The Genealogy of Anglican Moral Theology p. 18

2 Problems of Historical Definition p. 23

1 The Possibility of a History of Moral Theology: against the Cambridge School of Historiography p. 23

2 A Second Debate on Historiography: Marxist Reductionism and the Role of Religion p. 32

3 Historians of the Reformation Debate the Nature of Anglicanism p. 35

4 Debates between Theologians on the Nature of Anglicanism p. 38

3 Moral Theology from the Early Church to the Fourth Lateran Council, 1215 p. 44

2 Ethics in the Jewish Scriptures p. 45

3 The Ministry of Jesus of Nazareth p. 50

4 Moral Theology in the New Testament p. 55

5 Penitential Practices and Moral Theology after the New Testament p. 63

6 Augustine and the Reformation of the Tradition p. 66

7 After Augustine: Jerome and the Dark Ages p. 74

8 The Fourth Lateran Council, 1215 p. 79

4 Medieval Sources of Anglican Moral Theology: Abelard and Aquinas p. 84

1 Peter Abelard and Human Subjectivity p. 85

2 Thomas Aquinas on Right Practical Reason, and Beatitude p. 89

3 Aquinas on the Knowledge of God p. 91

4 Aquinas on Synderesis and Prudence p. 93

5 Aquinas on Natural Law p. 101

6 Aquinas on the Virtues p. 104

7 Aquinas on Sin, and Equity p. 110

8 Conclusion: the Influence of Abelard and Aquinas on the Future Development of Anglican Moral Theology p. 115

5 Nominalism and Casuistry in Scotus, Ockham and Mair p. 120

1 The Rise of Nominalism p. 120

2 Duns Scotus and the Will of God p. 123

3 Ockham and the Theory of Natural, Subjective Rights p. 131

4 John Mair (1467-1550) and the Rise of Casuistry p. 136

5 The Influence of Nominalism p. 142

6 Ethics in the Early Reformation: Luther and Tyndale 1518-1536 p. 149

1 Martin Luther and the Collapse of Scholasticism p. 149

2 The Beginning of the English Reformation p. 158

3 The Division between Humanism and Tyndale: 1523-1536 p. 159

4 Tyndale and the Influence of Lollardy p. 168

5 Tyndale's Conception of the Covenant p. 170

6 Tyndale's Influence p. 175

7 Ethics in the Later Reformation: William Perkins p. 177

1 William Perkins: Moralist for a Protestant Nation p. 177

2 William Perkins and Richard Hooker p. 180

3 The Rise of Casuistry in the Sixteenth Century p. 186

4 Perkins and Casuistry p. 189

5 Perkins on Conscience p. 197

6 The Theology of the Covenant in Perkins p. 201

7 Conclusion: Perkins as a Reformed Moral Theologian p. 206

8 Richard Hooker and the Emergence of 'Anglican' Moral Theology p. 212

2 Hooker's Life p. 214

3 Richard Hooker: Reformed or Anglican Theologian? p. 216

4 Attitudes to Scholasticism among the Reformers p. 222

9 Hooker, Aquinas and Revelation p. 236

2 Hooker's Use of Aquinas in Of the Lowes of Ecclesiastical Politic p. 237

3 Hooker's Difference from Aquinas on Free Will and Moral Action p. 239

4 Hooker and Aquinas on the Nature of Law p. 243

5 Hooker and Aquinas on Practical Reason and Prudence p. 254

6 Hooker on Revelation: Sin, Reason and Grace p. 263

7 Hooker and Revelation: the Place of Scripture p. 269

8 Hooker on Revelation, the Church and the Place of Tradition p. 273

9 The Anglican Moment? Anti-Calvinism in the 1590s p. 276

10 Caroline Moral Theology and the Reformed Tradition p. 287

1 Reformed Moral Theology in England 1600-1662: an Overview p. 287

2 John Cotton, William Ames and Reformed Moral Theology p. 291

3 Robert Sanderson and Joseph Hall: Reformed Moral Theology p. 296

4 Sanderson's Casuistry p. 303

5 Henry Hammond and the Turn from Puritanism p. 310

11 Jeremy Taylor and Caroline Casuistry p. 315

1 The Laudian Period 1628-1645 p. 315

2 Jeremy Taylor p. 318

3 Jeremy Taylor's Moral Theology p. 325

4 Jeremy Taylor on Roman Catholic Moral Theology p. 329

5 Jeremy Taylor on Conscience p. 335

6 Jeremy Taylor on Reason, Revelation and the Nature of Law p. 339

7 Jeremy Taylor on Custom, Tradition and the Church p. 343

8 Lying, Sin and Repentance p. 345

9 The End of Casuistry p. 347.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Sedgwick, P. H. (Peter Humphrey), 1948- author. Origins of Anglican moral theology

ISBN:

9789004384910

900438491X

OCLC:

1043561344

Publisher Number:

99978901735