Hooker: Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity

Demonstrates the relevance and importance of the politico-religious project Hooker undertook, showing that The Laws offer more than an apologia for the Elizabethan religious settlement.

Richard Hooker (Author), A. S. McGrade (Edited by)

9780521379083, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 25 August 1989

284 pages
21.6 x 13.8 x 2 cm, 0.409 kg

The great Elizabethan divine Richard Hooker has occupied a prominent place in the intellectual history of the Church of England and sixteenth-century Protestantism but his wider significance has often been neglected. In his introduction to this selection of books from Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Professor McGrade demonstrates clearly the continued relevance and importance of the particular politico-religious project Hooker undertook and shows that The Laws offer far more than simply an apologia for the Elizabethan religious settlement. The text of this version is based on the authoritative Folger edition and presents those sections of The Laws most important to an understanding of Hooker's wider aims and context.

Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Principal dates in Hooker's life and in the publication of his work
Bibliographical note
The text and notes of this edition
Part I. Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity
Part II. The First Book
Part III. The Eighth Book
A guide to Hooker's sources and to the Elizabethan debate about religion and society
Index of scriptural citations
Index of persons
Subject index.

Subject Areas: History of ideas [JFCX]