A companion to Richard Hooker
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A companion to Richard Hooker
（Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, v. 8）
Brill, 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [613]-638) and indexes
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Richard Hooker was a learned philosophical theologian and engaged polemicist of the later sixteenth century who explained and defended the Elizabethan religious and political settlement, and shaped definitively the self-understanding of the English ecclesiastical establishment for centuries to come. This Companion to Richard Hooker brings together a representative body of contributors with a view to offering a summary of the current state of scholarly debate and a synthesis of emerging trends in criticism. Contributions to this volume reflect the major current trends of scholarly opinion on Hooker's place within the mainstream of Protestant reform. This Companion aims to provide a comprehensive and systematic introduction to Richard Hooker's life, works, thought, reputation, and influence.
Contributors are: Rudolph P. Almasy, Daniel Eppley, Lee W. Gibbs, Egil Grislis, William Harrison, W. Speed Hill, Ranall Ingalls, Dean Kernan, Torrance Kirby, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A. S. McGrade, W. David Neelands, W. Brown Patterson, Debora K. Shuger, Corneliu C. Simut, John K. Stafford, Paul Stanwood, James F. Turrell, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams.
Table of Contents
Foreword, Rowan Williams
Introduction, W. J. Torrance Kirby
I. Life of Hooker, Lee W. Gibbs
II. Works and Editions I, P. G. Stanwood
III. Works and Editions II, W. Speed Hill
IV. Classical, Patristic, and Medieval Sources, A. S. McGrade
V. Elizabethan Theological Polemics, W. Brown Patterson
VI. Rhetoric and Apologetics, Rudolph P. Almasy
VII. Sin and Grace, Ranall Ingalls
VIII. Predestination, W. David Neelands
IX. Faith and Assurance, Debora K. Shuger
X. Reason and Law, W. J. Torrance Kirby
XI. Scriptural Hermeneutics, Egil Grislis
XII. The Church, William H. Harrison
XIII. Uniformity and Common Prayer, James F. Turrell
XIV. Christology and the Sacraments, W. David Neelands
XV. Orders of Ministry, Corneliu C. Simut
XVI. Episcopacy, A. S. McGrade
XVII. Royal Supremacy, Daniel Eppley
XVIII. Practical Divinity, John K. Stafford
XIX. Reputation and Reception, Diarmaid MacCulloch
Select Bibliography, Egil Grislis and John K. Stafford
Index of Subjects and Names
Index of Hooker's Works
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