Milton's theology of freedom /
A study of the theology of John Milton (1608-74) which explores his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667) against the background of post-Reformation controversies regarding predestination, creation, free will, sin, and grace.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Walter de Gruyter,
©2006.
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| Series: | Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte ;
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Heresy and orthodoxy ; Continuities and discontinuities ; Contexts of Milton's theology ; Dead ideas ; Poetic theology
- The theology of freedom : a short history. Augustine ; Anselm of Canterbury ; Thomas Aquinas ; John Duns Scotus ; William of Ockham ; Martin Luther ; John Calvin ; Reformed orthodoxy ; Arminianism ; Amyraldism ; De doctrina christiana
- The satanic theology of freedom. Satan as heretic ; Divine tyranny ; Fatalism ; Devil writ large
- Predestination and freedom. Universal election ; Reprobation ; Predestined freedom
- The freedom of God. The free creator ; Arian freedom ; Divine and creaturely freedom
- Human freedom and the fall. Freedom and necessity ; Contingent freedom ; Contingence and theodicy ; A free fall ; Freedom enthralled
- Grace, conversion and freedom . Universal prevenient grace ; The conversion of Adam and Eve ; Continuing conversion.
