| A Companion to Richard Hooker Contributor(s): Kirby (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004165347 ISBN-13: 9789004165342 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $221.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: Richard Hooker explained and defended the Elizabethan religious and political settlement, and shaped the self-understanding of the Church of England for generations. This Companion offers a comprehensive and systematic introduction to Hooker's life, works, thought, reputation, and influence. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Religion | Christianity - Anglican - History | Europe - Renaissance |
| Dewey: 283.092 |
| LCCN: 2008005091 |
| Series: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition |
| Physical Information: 1.64" H x 6.75" W x 9.57" (2.83 lbs) 670 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Richard Hooker was a learned philosophical theologian and engaged polemicist of the later sixteenth century who explained and defended the Elizabethan religious and political settlement, and shaped definitively the self-understanding of the English ecclesiastical establishment for centuries to come. This Companion to Richard Hooker brings together a representative body of contributors with a view to offering a summary of the current state of scholarly debate and a synthesis of emerging trends in criticism. Contributions to this volume reflect the major current trends of scholarly opinion on Hooker's place within the mainstream of Protestant reform. This Companion aims to provide a comprehensive and systematic introduction to Richard Hooker's life, works, thought, reputation, and influence. Contributors are: Rudolph P. Almasy, Daniel Eppley, Lee W. Gibbs, Egil Grislis, William Harrison, W. Speed Hill, Ranall Ingalls, Dean Kernan, Torrance Kirby, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A. S. McGrade, W. David Neelands, W. Brown Patterson, Debora K. Shuger, Corneliu C. Simuţ, John K. Stafford, Paul Stanwood, James F. Turrell, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams. |