Petrus van Mastricht (1630-1706): Text, Context, and Interpretation
- ISBN-10
- 3647522104
- ISBN-13
- 9783647522104
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 252
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-01-20
- Publisher
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
- Author
- Adriaan C. Neele
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PetrusvanMastricht(1630–1706):Text,Context,andInterpretation“isnotjustastatementofthestateoftheartonMastrichtstudies.ItalsopointsthewayforwardforfurtherexplorationofMastricht’sthoughtandthehistoryofReformedOrthodoxyingeneral”fromthePrefacebyCarlR.Trueman. ThisvolumepresentscollectedessaysfromscholarsaroundtheworldonvariousaspectsofPetrusvanMastricht(1630-1706)theology,philosophy,andreceptioninthecontextofthechallengesoforthodoxyinhisday.Thisbook,then,locatesMastricht’sideasinthecontextofthetheologicalandphilosophicalcurrentsofhisday.Thepre-RevolutionarystatusoftheologyandphilosophyinthewakeoftheEnlightenmenthadmanyofthesameproblemsweseeintheologytodayasrelatingtotheuseandappropriationofclassicaltheologyina21st-centurycontext.IdeasaboutthenecessityofclassicalprimarysourcesofChristianityinsustainingReformedtheologyareonceagainbecomingimportant,andMastrichthasmanyinsightsinthisarea.ThelastthirtyyearshavewitnessedaremarkablerevolutioninthestudyofReformedOrthodoxy,thatbroadmovementoftheologicalconsolidationwhichtookplaceinthetwocenturiesbetweentheearlybreakthroughsoftheReformationandthereorganizationofintellectualdisciplineswithintheuniversityworldheraldedbythearrivalofthevariousintellectualandculturaldevelopmentsknowncollectivelyastheEnlightenment.TheoldmodelswhichtendedtoprioritizeoneortwofiguresintheReformation.Inplaceofthisolderscholarship,wenowhaveagrowingnumberofstudieswhichseektoplaceReformedthinkersoftheperiodinamuchwidercontext.Oneoftheresultsofthisisthatseriousscholarlyattentionisnowbeingdirectedatfigureswhowerepreviouslyneglected,suchasPetrusvanMastricht,aGerman-Dutchtheologian,whohasemergedassignificantvoicesinshapingtheChristianityofhisday.Hewastheauthorofamajorsystemofdivinity.ThisworkisintheprocessofbeingtranslatedintoEnglish(twovolumesareavailableatthetimeofwriting).MastrichtisalsothesubjectofagrowingbodyofliteratureinEnglish,ofwhichthisvolumeisafineexample.TheessayscontainedinbookworkrepresentpreciselytherangeofscholarlyintereststhatthenewapproachtoReformedOrthodoxyhascometoembody.Dealingspecificallywiththeareasoftheology,philosophy,andreception,thisbookpointstowardthreecriticalareasofstudy.
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