A Companion to Richard Hooker

by Kirby, Torrance; Williams, Rowan

• ISBN13: 9789004165342
• ISBN10: 9004165347
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

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. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. xi
List of Illustrations	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xv
Introduction	p. xxvii
Life of Hooker	p. 1
Works and Editions I	p. 27
Works and Editions II	p. 41
Classical, Patristic, and Medieval Sources	p. 51
Elizabethan Theological Polemics	p. 89
Rhetoric and Apologetics	p. 121
Sin and Grace	p. 151
Predestination	p. 185
Faith and Assurance	p. 221
Reason and Law	p. 251
Scriptural Hermeneutics	p. 273
The Church	p. 305
Uniformity and Common Prayer	p. 337
Christology and the Sacraments	p. 369
Orders of Ministry	p. 403
Jurisdiction and the Keys	p. 435
Episcopacy	p. 481
Royal Supremacy	p. 503
Practical Divinity	p. 535
Richard Hooker's Reputation	p. 563
Select Bibliography	p. 613
Index of Passages Cited from Hooker's Works	p. 639
General Index	p. 652
Index of Names	p. 663
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