TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCready,David
TI  - The Life and Theology of Alexander Knox: Anglicanism in the Age of Enlightenment and Romanticism
T2  - Anglican-Episcopal Theology and History Series
SN  - 9789004426986
AV  - BX5700.8.Z8 .M337 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Knox, Alexander,-1757-1831
KW  - Church of England-Bishops-Biography
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Importance of Alexander Knox -- 2 Previous Examinations of Knox -- 3 The Present Study -- 4 Sources -- Chapter 1 The Life of Alexander Knox -- 1 Background, 1757-1831 -- 2 Knox's Early Life and the Influence of Wesley -- 3 Public Life -- 4 Religious Retirement -- 5 Knox and John Jebb -- 6 Roman Catholic Emancipation and Roman Catholicism -- 7 Knox's Death -- 8 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Alexander Knox and Anglicanism -- 1 Knox as a Theoretician of Anglicanism -- 2 The Appeal to Antiquity -- 3 The Prayer Book -- 4 The Other Anglican Standards -- 5 High Churchmanship -- 6 Evangelicalism -- 7 Hannah More -- 8 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Alexander Knox and John Wesley -- 1 Knox's First Two Defences of Wesley -- 2 Knox's Remarks on the Life and Character of John Wesley -- 3 Wesley's Influence on Knox -- 4 Knox's Disagreements with Wesley's Theology -- 5 Knox's Agreement with Wesley's Theology -- 6 Knox and Methodism -- 7 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Alexander Knox and the Christian Platonic Tradition -- 1 The Platonic Tradition -- 2 Clement of Alexandria -- 3 Pseudo-Macarius -- 4 John Chrysostom -- 5 Mysticism -- 6 The Anglican Moderates -- 7 Wesley and the Platonic Tradition -- 8 Knox and the Platonic Tradition -- 9 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Alexander Knox in the Context of His Times: Heart Religion, the Enlightenment and Romanticism -- 1 Heart Religion -- 2 Knox and the Enlightenment -- 3 Romanticism -- 4 Knox as a Romantic Theologian -- 5 Knox and Coleridge -- 6 Knox and Schleiermacher -- 7 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 The Characteristics of Alexander Knox's Theology -- 1 A Coherent Theology -- 2 A Consistent Theology -- 3 A Practical Theology -- 4 A Consensual Theology -- 5 An Eclectic Theology -- 6 A "Philosophic" Theology -- 7 Conclusion; Chapter 7 Alexander Knox's Theological Methodology -- 1 "The Science of True Piety" -- 2 The Bible in Knox's Thought -- 3 Universal Consent -- 4 The Consensus Patrum -- 5 Experience -- 6 Intuition -- 7 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Alexander Knox's Theology (I): God and Humanity, Christ and the Holy Spirit -- 1 God -- 2 Humanity -- 3 Sources of Knox's Anthropology -- 4 Christology -- 5 Pneumatology -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Alexander Knox's Theology (II): Justification and Perfection -- 1 Justification -- 2 Sources of Knox's Doctrine of Justification -- 3 Perfection -- 4 Sources of Knox's Doctrine of Perfection -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 10 Alexander Knox's Theology (III): Baptism and the Eucharist -- 1 The Baptismal Controversy -- 2 Knox's Doctrine of Baptism -- 3 Sources of Knox's Baptismal Theology -- 4 The Eucharistic Presence -- 5 Sources of Knox's Eucharistic Theology -- 6 The Eucharistic Sacrifice and Priesthood -- 7 Sources of Knox's Doctrine of Priesthood -- Chapter 11 Alexander Knox's Theology (IV): Ecclesiology -- 1 Knox's Description of the Church -- 2 Knox's Theory of Church and Sects -- 3 Visible Unity -- 4 Establishment -- 5 Sources of Knox's Ecclesiology -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 12 Alexander Knox's Theology (V): Providence and Predestination -- 1 Providence -- 2 Sources of Knox's Doctrine of Providence -- 3 Predestination -- 4 Sources of Knox's View of Predestination -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 13 Alexander Knox's Influence and His Relationship with the Tractarians -- 1 Knox's Influence -- 2 William Maclagan -- 3 Charles Dickinson -- 4 William Jacobson -- 5 Francis Paget -- 6 John Jebb, Junior -- 7 Gladstone -- 8 Knox and the Tractarians -- 9 Knox and Froude -- 10 Newman's Correspondence with Hornby -- 11 Newman and Knox -- 12 Pusey's View of Knox -- 13 Keble and Williams -- 14 The Question of Indirect Influence -- 15 Romanticism; 16 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- 1 Alexander Knox's Theology: a Summary -- 2 The Importance of Alexander Knox for the Study of Anglicanism -- 3 Alexander Knox as a Romantic Theologian -- 4 Alexander Knox's Significance for the Study of John Wesley -- 5 Alexander Knox and Christian Unity -- 6 Alexander Knox and Spirituality -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - In his The Life and Theology of Alexander Knox David McCready presents an account of one of the most significant figures in nineteenth-century Anglicanism
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