The theological sources and poetic priorities of Milton's narrative theodicy
This study of Paradise Lost, interpreted through the lens of John Milton's treatise De doctrina Christiana, argues that the poet seeks to breathe new life into the tropes of orthodox Christian theodicy by radicalising concepts chosen eclectically from both Reformed and Arminian schools of thoug...
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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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2024
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| In: |
Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 77, Issue: 3, Pages: 274-290 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Milton, John 1608-1674, Paradise lost
/ Theodicy
/ Freedom
/ Soul
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
John Milton
B Covenant B Theodicy B Compatibilism B Poetics |
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| Summary: | This study of Paradise Lost, interpreted through the lens of John Milton's treatise De doctrina Christiana, argues that the poet seeks to breathe new life into the tropes of orthodox Christian theodicy by radicalising concepts chosen eclectically from both Reformed and Arminian schools of thought, integrating them within the patchwork of his own idiosyncratic heterodoxies and thus catalysing a fundamentally new theology propelled by his narrative priorities. This approach makes the drama that Milton intuits itself the driver of dogma, which drama allows him to bring God and reader into the same story, under the spell of his own theodical narration. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930624000243 |
