Modern Infidels, Conscientious Fools, and the Douglas Affair: The Orthodox Rhetoric of Conscience in the Scottish Enlightenment
The article looks at the orthodox rhetoric of conscience as it appeared during opposition to the play "Douglas" by John Home and in the controversy over church patronage. It mentions about key figures John Witherspoon and Lord Dreghorn, as they were the leading orthodox pamphleteers agains...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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The journal of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 100, Issue: 3, Pages: 327-360 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Home, John 1722-1808, Douglas
/ Witherspoon, John 1723-1794
/ MacLaurin, John 1734-1796
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles |
| Further subjects: | B
CLARKE, Samuel, 1675-1729
B Church B DOUGLAS (Play) B HOME, John, 1722-1808 B Pamphleteers |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The article looks at the orthodox rhetoric of conscience as it appeared during opposition to the play "Douglas" by John Home and in the controversy over church patronage. It mentions about key figures John Witherspoon and Lord Dreghorn, as they were the leading orthodox pamphleteers against "Douglas." It also informs on examines John Witherspoon's appeal to Samuel Clarke and places it in the context of the orthodox rhetoric of conscience employed during, and in the build up to, the "Douglas." |
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| ISSN: | 1549-6538 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/708939 |