Subscription, the Scottish Enlightenment and the Moderate Interpretation of History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10086604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin Kidd (0000-0001-5111-4540, University of Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 502-519 |
| Publication date | 2004-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022046904009996 |
| OpenAlex | W2048946061 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
The theological reticence of the Moderates in the eighteenth-century Scottish Kirk sits oddly with their contribution to other spheres of literature, notably historical writing. A faultline runs through the historiography of Moderatism, dividing those historians who believe the Moderates remained committed Calvinists from those who endorse the view of contemporary critics within the Kirk that the Moderates favoured Arminianism, or worse. An appreciation of the Moderate preference for history over theology may go some way towards resolving this conundrum. Moderate accounts of religious history ran in parallel with the historical sociology of stadial progress which emerged in the Scottish Enlightenment. Moderate historians recognised that human interpretation of the divine also followed a developmental pattern. Thus, although the Moderates continued to uphold subscription to the Westminster Confession of Faith, their writings indicate that an historical sensitivity to theological change replaced what they perceived to be an inevitably time-bound commitment to dogma
Art · Confession (law · Enlightenment · Faith · Historiography · Interpretation (philosophy · Literature · Scottish Enlightenment · Sociology · Theology · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies · Scottish History and National Identity · Religious Studies
Conclusion
William Robertson on Revelation and the Limits of Progress
The Cambridge History of Ireland
Nehemias (Scotus) Americanus
Skeptical Baconianism
John Glas and the Development of Religious Pluralism in Eighteenth-Century Scotland
The Fergusson affair
Vigour, Enthusiasm and Principles
Religion, scepticism and John Gregory’s therapeutic science of human nature
Religion, Race, and the Limits of Progress in the Global Histories of William Robertson
Egyptomania and religion in James Burnett, Lord Monboddo’s ‘History of Man’
Lord Kames's analysis of the natural origins of religion
Modern Infidels, Conscientious Fools, and the Douglas Affair
| Citations per year | 0.87 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |