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The Christian Intellectual Tradition from the Reformation to the Modern Era: A Reader and Companion

The Christian Intellectual Tradition from the Reformation to the Modern Era: A Reader and Companion


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This reader with commentary helps Christians understand and critically examine major arguments that have been made in the Western intellectual tradition through an examination of great texts. The book explores themes related to the natural world, human nature, politics, and God. The core of a liberal arts education lies in the debates made possible by a shared set of texts and questions. Combining their expertise in science, theology, political science, and history, the authors guide readers through the most important sections of classic texts from the Reformation to the modern era, explaining their significance and the debates they sparked. The texts are organized around four themes: God, science, society, and human nature. Rather than simply summarizing the texts, this introduction presents them in a way that allows readers to engage directly with the material. The authors provide historical context, point out potential themes and connections, and encourage readers to explore the ideas and questions the texts raise. Reflection questions are included. This book facilitates teaching for professors from a wide variety of disciplines and will work well for students in great books courses. In addition, it will be of interest to Christian classical learning organizations, including high schools.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Why Study the Christian Liberal Arts Tradition Part 1: Introduction to Theology 1. The Schleitheim Confession (1527) by Michael Sattler and others 2. Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559) by John Calvin 3. The Interior Castle (1577) by Teresa of Ávila 4. Pensées [Thoughts] (ca. 1660) by Blaise Pascal 5. "Salvation by Faith" (1738) by John Wesley; "Free Grace: And Can It Be That I Should Gain" (1738) by Charles Wesley 6. "On the Death of Whitefield" (1770); "A Hymn to the Evening" and "On Being Brought from Africa to America" (1773); "On the Death of General Wooster" (1778) by Phillis Wheatley 7. The Age of Reason (1794) by Thomas Paine 8. The Way of Holiness (1845) by Phoebe Worrall Palmer 9. On the Genealogy of Morality (1887) by Friedrich Nietzsche 10. Orthodoxy (1908) by G. K. Chesterton Part 2: Introduction to History of Science 11. On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres (1543) by Nicolaus Copernicus 12. "Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina" (1615) by Galileo Galilei 13. The New Organon, Or True Directions Concerning the Interpretation of Nature (1620) by Francis Bacon 14. The World (1664) by René Descartes 15. Observations upon Experimental Philosophy (1666) by Margaret Cavendish 16. "General Scholium" to the Principia (1726) by Isaac Newton 17. "A Lecture on Earthquakes" (1755) by John Winthrop 18. On the Origin of Species (1859) by Charles Darwin 19. The Principles of Psychology (1890) by William James Part 3: Introduction to Politics 20. De Indis (1539) by Francisco de Vitoria; and Mare Liberum (1609) by Hugo Grotius 21. A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1542) by Bartolomé de las Casas 22. Leviathan (1651) by Thomas Hobbes 23. Second Treatise of Government (1689) and Letter Concerning Toleration (1689) by John Locke 24. A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (1755) and The Social Contract (1762) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 25. The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776) by Adam Smith 26. Federalist No. 10 (1787) and Federalist No. 51 (1788) by James Madison 27. Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) by Edmund Burke 28. The Communist Manifesto (1848) by Karl Marx Part 4: Introduction to Human Nature 29. Concerning Christian Liberty (1520) by Martin Luther 30. "On Cannibals" (1580) by Michel de Montaigne 31. Womens Speaking Justified (1666) by Margaret Fell 32. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) by Mary Wollstonecraft 33. "Memorial to the Massachusetts Legislature" (1843) by Dorothea Dix 34. "What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?" (1852) by Frederick Douglass 35. Illustrations of Universal Progress (1865) by Herbert Spencer 36. "We Are All Bound Up Together" (1866); "Dandelions" (1896); and "A Double Standard" (1898) by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 37. The Souls of Black Folk (1903) by W. E. B. Du Bois

About the Author :
Josh A. Reeves (PhD, Boston University) directs the Samford Center for Science and Religion at Samford University. Kirstin Anderson Birkhaug (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is assistant professor of political science at Hope College. Annalise J. K. DeVries (PhD, Rutgers University) is associate professor of history and director of the Core Texts program at Samford University. Gabrielle Stanton Ray (PhD, Tulane University) is a postdoctoral fellow at Ogden Honors College, Louisiana State University. Jennifer Woodruff Tait (PhD, Duke University) is senior editor of Christian History magazine.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781540968043
  • Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
  • Publisher Imprint: Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 432
  • Sub Title: A Reader and Companion
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1540968049
  • Publisher Date: 09 Dec 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 590 gr


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