Law and Reason in Richard Hooker’s Invention of Anglicanism
Richard Hooker is said to have invented Anglicanism in his Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, giving character to an Elizabethan “settlement” of religion sadly lacking it. The Laws is a model of creative response to deeply alarming civil and religious circumstances. It is the major prose work of...
| Published in: | Anglican theological review |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020
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Anglican theological review
Year: 2020, Volume: 102, Issue: 3, Pages: 357-371 |
| RelBib Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBF British Isles KDE Anglican Church SC Church law; Anglican Church XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
Law
B Anglicanism B Invention B Hooker B Reason |
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| Summary: | Richard Hooker is said to have invented Anglicanism in his Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, giving character to an Elizabethan “settlement” of religion sadly lacking it. The Laws is a model of creative response to deeply alarming civil and religious circumstances. It is the major prose work of the English sixteenth century and is important in other ways. Hooker’s distinctive sense of law and rich sense of reason are explored here as major elements in his work. The aim is to suggest the enduring interest of the Laws as a whole by pursuing two of its important themes. Of particular current interest is the framework Hooker offers for understanding the sometimes violent entanglements of religion and politics. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-6214 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Anglican theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/000332862010200302 |