Coleridge, the Bible, and Religion

by Jeffrey W. Barbeau

Overview

Barbeau reconstructs the system of religion that Coleridge develops in Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit (1840). Coleridge's late system links four sources of divinity the Bible, the traditions of the church, the interior work of the Spirit, and the inspired preacher to Christ, the Word. In thousands of marginalia and private notebook entries, Coleridge challenges traditional views of the formation and inspiration of the Bible, clarifies the role of the church in biblical interpretation, and elucidates the relationship between the objective and subjective sources of revelation. In late writings that develop a robust system of religion, Coleridge conveys his commitment to biblical wisdom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230601345
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	12/12/2008
Series:	Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

JEFFREY W. BARBEAU is an associate professor of Theology at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA.

Table of Contents

Revealed' Religion and Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit Christ, the Word: The Coleridgean Creed The Scriptures: The Mirror of Faith The Scriptures: The Interpretation of the Old Testament The Scriptures: The Interpretation of the New Testament The Church: Tradition as the Master-Key of Interpretation The Holy Spirit: Reason and the Divine Image The Preacher: Imagination and the Inspired Prophet Conclusion: The Reception of Coleridge's Religious System

Editorial Reviews

"The scholarship is massive yet focused and the context is exhilarating. It shows Coleridge's influence throughout the nineteenth centuryas a philosopher, political thinker, and theologian in Great Britain,Germany, and America" - Marilyn Gaull, Editor of The Wordsworth Circle

"...Barbeau focuses on Coleridge's seminal and posthumously published Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit...offe[ing] much insight into the broad terrain of British Anglicanism, both in its political and ecclesiastical manifsetations." - Anglican Theological Review

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