Cudworth, Autonomy and the Love of God: Transcending Enlightenment (and Anti-Enlightenment) Christian Ethics

Recent attempts by Christian ethicists to mine the tradition of Christian Platonism have overlooked seventeenth-century Cambridge Platonist Ralph Cudworth. Cudworth's significance lies in his creative extension of Christian Platonism in response to the early modern situation of religious confli...

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Main Author: Herdt, Jennifer A. 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Society of Christian Ethics 1999
In: The annual of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 19, Pages: 47-68
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Summary:Recent attempts by Christian ethicists to mine the tradition of Christian Platonism have overlooked seventeenth-century Cambridge Platonist Ralph Cudworth. Cudworth's significance lies in his creative extension of Christian Platonism in response to the early modern situation of religious conflict. He develops an account of autonomy as the self-rule of the
ISSN:2372-9023
Contains:Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, The annual of the Society of Christian Ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5840/asce1999194