Vindications of The Reasonableness of Christianity

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Vindications of The Reasonableness of Christianity is John Locke’s later work defending and clarifying the arguments of his earlier theological treatise The Reasonableness of Christianity against contemporary critics.

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instanceOf Christian theology book
apologetic work
theological work
addresses charges of heterodoxy against Locke
objections from contemporary theologians
author John Locke
clarifies Locke’s interpretation of Scripture
Locke’s view of essential Christian doctrines
countryOfOrigin England
criticizes contemporary Calvinist theologians
highly scholastic accounts of Christian doctrine
defends Locke’s account of saving faith
the sufficiency of belief that Jesus is the Messiah
fieldOfStudy Locke studies
historical theology
philosophy of religion
follows The Reasonableness of Christianity
genre Christian apologetics
religious polemic
theology
hasPart first vindication
second vindication
hasPerspective emphasis on rational accessibility of core Christian beliefs
historicalContext post-Restoration England
rise of rational religion in the Enlightenment
influenced Enlightenment discussions of Christianity
later debates on rational religion
influencedBy The Reasonableness of Christianity
language English
mainSubject Christianity
biblical interpretation
doctrine of faith in Christ
reason and faith
philosophicalTradition early modern philosophy
empiricism
purpose to clarify arguments made in The Reasonableness of Christianity
to defend The Reasonableness of Christianity against critics
relatedWork A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul
theologicalTradition Anglican theology
Protestantism
timePeriod late 17th century

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The Reasonableness of Christianity followedBy Vindications of The Reasonableness of Christianity