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Lädt ... A discourse, concerning unlimited submission and non-resistance to the higher powers (1750)von Jonathan Mayhew
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In our current pluralist and often secular context, there is no clearly designated means of valuing or defining the human person. Matthew Drever shows that in the writings of St. Augustine we find a concept of the human person as fluid, tenuous, prone to great good and great vice, and influenced deeply by language, history, and society. Through examination of his account of the human relation to God, Drever demonstrates how Augustine may be regarded as a crucial resource for a religious reorientation and revaluation of the person. Drever focuses particularly on the concepts of the imago dei and creatio ex nihilo, significant for their influence on Augustine's understanding of the human person and for their potential to bridge his and our own world. Though rooted in Augustine's early work, these concepts are developed fully in his later writings: his Genesis commentaries and On the Trinity in particular. Drever examines how in these later writings the origin (creatio ex nihilo) and identity (imago dei) of the human person intersect with Augustine's understanding of creation, Christ, and the Trinity. Image, Identity, and the Forming of the Augustinian Soul constructs an interpretation of Augustine's view of the person that acknowledges its classical context while also addressing contemporary theological and philosophical appropriations of Augustine and the issues that animate them. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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His major theme is the requirement that we peaceably obey government, but that this obedience is limited. The limits are based on the habitual actions of governors yielding the good of society. He concludes that the English Revolution and the Glorious Revolution of the 17th century were justified. The work gives an interesting preview to the American Revolution as he reviews the usurpations of Charles I, and gives credence to the supremacy of conscience in defining the obligations to obedience. The value of the discourse is later emphasized as some of his words will re-appear in the Declaration of Independence.
Along the way, Mayhew also gives great insights by the nature of his remarks; into the struggles between New Lights and Old lights in the Great Awakening; to the beginning of the emergence of Unitarianism; and to the general hostility of the Congregationalists toward the Catholic and the Anglican churches. The booklet offers a great glimpse into the politics history of both America and England, and to the religious struggles of the day. It is well worth reading for any student of those issues. ( )