164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study re-evaluates the religious beliefs of Francis Bacon and the role which his theology played in the development of his program for the reform of learning and the natural sciences, the Great Instauration. Bacon's Instauration writings are saturated with theological statements and Biblical references which inform and explain his program, yet this aspect of his writings has received little... Read more
Contents: Preface; Breaking with a puritan past; Bacon's turn toward the ancient faith; In the beginning: the creation of nature and the nature of the fall; On the ways of salvation: Bacon's 2-fold via salutis; In the autumn of the world: features of the age of instauration; Bacon's circle and his legacy; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Steven Matthews is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA..
