Milton's theology of freedom [electronic resource] /
Benjamin Myers.
- Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, c2006.
- xiv, 209 p.
- Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, Bd. 98 1861-5996 ; .
- Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte ; 98. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-193) and indexes.
Introduction. Heresy and orthodoxy ; Continuities and discontinuities ; Contexts of Milton's theology ; Dead ideas ; Poetic theology -- The theology of freedom : a short history. Augustine ; Anselm of Canterbury ; Thomas Aquinas ; John Duns Scotus ; William of Ockham ; Martin Luther ; John Calvin ; Reformed orthodoxy ; Arminianism ; Amyraldism ; De doctrina christiana -- The satanic theology of freedom. Satan as heretic ; Divine tyranny ; Fatalism ; Devil writ large -- Predestination and freedom. Universal election ; Reprobation ; Predestined freedom -- The freedom of God. The free creator ; Arian freedom ; Divine and creaturely freedom -- Human freedom and the fall. Freedom and necessity ; Contingent freedom ; Contingence and theodicy ; A free fall ; Freedom enthralled -- Grace, conversion and freedom . Universal prevenient grace ; The conversion of Adam and Eve ; Continuing conversion.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Free will and determinism in literature. Free will and determinism--Religious aspects--Christianity. Liberty in literature. Liberty--Religious aspects--Christianity. Theology, Doctrinal, in literature. Theology, Doctrinal--History--17th century.