Securing the Main Chance: Prudential Belief from Tillotson to Defoe
Many 17th-century arguments over the validity of belief turn from the ontological problem of God's existence toward the consequences of believing versus disbelieving, and the benefits and risks of either choice. Insistence on the necessity of making a choice, and the application of worldly thou...
| Published in: | Literature and theology |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Oxford University Press
[2019]
|
| In: |
Literature and theology
|
| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture FA Theology VA Philosophy |
| Online Access: |
Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000caa a22000002 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 1663444498 | ||
| 003 | DE-627 | ||
| 005 | 20210902151341.0 | ||
| 007 | cr uuu---uuuuu | ||
| 008 | 190418s2019 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a 10.1093/litthe/fry037 |2 doi | |
| 035 | |a (DE-627)1663444498 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)KXP1663444498 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-627 |b ger |c DE-627 |e rda | ||
| 041 | |a eng | ||
| 084 | |a 1 |2 ssgn | ||
| 100 | 1 | |e VerfasserIn |0 (DE-588)1126070645 |0 (DE-627)880739193 |0 (DE-576)483733717 |4 aut |a Starr, G. A. |d ca. 20./21. Jh. | |
| 109 | |a Starr, G. A. ca. 20./21. Jh. |a Starr, George A. ca. 20./21. Jh. |a Starr, George ca. 20./21. Jh. | ||
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Securing the Main Chance |b Prudential Belief from Tillotson to Defoe |c G. A. Starr |
| 264 | 1 | |c [2019] | |
| 336 | |a Text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a Computermedien |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a Online-Ressource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | |a Many 17th-century arguments over the validity of belief turn from the ontological problem of God's existence toward the consequences of believing versus disbelieving, and the benefits and risks of either choice. Insistence on the necessity of making a choice, and the application of worldly thought-processes to an otherworldly theological question, is most familiar through the Pascalian wager. Yet many English writers before and after Pascal approached the question of belief from a similarly prudential standpoint, and brought to bear arguments and images drawn from various forms of worldly gambling, such as investing, insuring, and mercantile activity. There were numerous sermons on Matthew 16:26: 'For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?' Distinguished preachers like John Tillotson and philosophers such as John Locke made 'direct appeal to a calculating precautionary self-interest'. This article surveys how English divines marshal the language and mentality of wagering and risk-taking in the service of religious belief, thus pursuing traditional sacred ends by modern profane means. | ||
| 652 | |a CB:CD:FA:VA | ||
| 773 | 0 | 8 | |i Enthalten in |t Literature and theology |d Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987 |g 33(2019), 1, Seite 69-89 |h Online-Ressource |w (DE-627)34271855X |w (DE-600)2073341-0 |w (DE-576)098474626 |x 1477-4623 |7 nnns |
| 773 | 1 | 8 | |g volume:33 |g year:2019 |g number:1 |g pages:69-89 |
| 856 | |u https://academic.oup.com/litthe/article-pdf/33/1/69/28121789/fry037.pdf |x unpaywall |z Vermutlich kostenfreier Zugang |h publisher [open (via crossref license)] | ||
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://academic.oup.com/litthe/article/33/1/69/5272706 |x Resolving-System |3 Volltext |
| 856 | |u https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/fry037 |x doi |3 Volltext | ||
| 936 | u | w | |d 33 |j 2019 |e 1 |h 69-89 |
| 951 | |a AR | ||
| ELC | |a 1 | ||
| ITA | |a 1 |t 1 | ||
| LOK | |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 | ||
| LOK | |0 001 3422946179 | ||
| LOK | |0 003 DE-627 | ||
| LOK | |0 004 1663444498 | ||
| LOK | |0 005 20210902151341 | ||
| LOK | |0 008 190418||||||||||||||||ger||||||| | ||
| LOK | |0 040 |a DE-Tue135 |c DE-627 |d DE-Tue135 | ||
| LOK | |0 092 |o n | ||
| LOK | |0 852 |a DE-Tue135 | ||
| LOK | |0 852 1 |9 00 | ||
| LOK | |0 935 |a ixzs |a ixzo | ||
| LOK | |0 936ln |0 1442043857 |a CD | ||
| LOK | |0 936ln |0 1442044020 |a FA | ||
| LOK | |0 936ln |0 1442053844 |a VA | ||
| LOK | |0 936ln |0 1442043768 |a CB | ||
| OAS | |a 1 | ||
| ORI | |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw | ||
| REL | |a 1 | ||
| SUB | |a REL | ||