The Biblical Politics of John Locke, Volume 30Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 28 apr 2004 - 201 pagina's John Locke is often thought of as one of the founders of the Enlightenment, a movement that sought to do away with the Bible and religion and replace them with scientific realism. But Locke was extremely interested in the Bible, and he was engaged by biblical theology and religion throughout his life. In this new book, K.I. Parker considers Locke’s interest in Scripture and how that interest is articulated in the development of his political philosophy. Parker shows that Locke’s liberalism is inspired by his religious vision and, particularly, his distinctive understanding of the early chapters of the book of Genesis. Unlike Sir Robert Filmer, who understood the Bible to justify social hierarchies (i.e., the divine right of the king, the first-born son’s rights over other siblings, and the “natural” subservience of women to men), Locke understood from the Bible that humans are in a natural state of freedom and equality to each other. The biblical debate between Filmer and Locke furnishes scholars with a better understanding of Lockes political views as presented in his Two Treatises. The Biblical Politics of John Locke demonstrates the impact of the Bible on one of the most influential thinkers of the seventeenth century, and provides an original context in which to situate the debate concerning the origins of early modern political thought. |
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... knowledge of the way to attain [ salvation ] than I myself " ( 138 ) . The magistrate can interfere only in actions and opinions that are themselves neither good nor bad , but disturb the state . And , because the magistrate has ...
... knowledge . For Locke in these early writings , knowledge was " immediate , " whereas faith rested on certain propositions that were thought to be true . But in the course of writing the drafts , Locke came to real- ize that human knowledge ...
... knowledge . In a journal entry for August 1 , 1680 , on the justice of God , 31 Locke seemed to assail the doctrine of original sin , at least in principle , by arguing that God cannot have " made anything with a design that it should ...
... Knowledge " ( 1.1.2 ) . What is crucial to note is that Locke does not argue that our capacities are inhibited through a natural corrup- tion — the result of the Fall of Adam — but that we are a tabula rasa and gain our knowledge ...
... knowledge of the true religion was , at least in principle , unknowable and the magistrate , therefore , had no right to try to enforce what is essentially a matter of faith . Not that Locke thought the search for truth irrational or ...
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Reason Revelation and the fall | 37 |
Adam and Patriarchal Political Order | 67 |
John Lockes Adam The First Treatise | 95 |
John Lockes Adam The Second Treatise | 123 |
CONCLUSION | 147 |
NOTES | 155 |
INDEX | 195 |