A Forgotten Christian Deist

This is a cultural and intellectual biography of a neglected but important figure, Thomas Morgan (1671/2-1743).

Autorentext

Jan van den Berg was born in The Hague, studied Theology at Free University Amsterdam, and was lecturer of the Old Testament at the Postgraduate School for Theology of the Methodist University of São Paulo in Brazil. He was minister of the Protestant Church in Oss, Netherlands, and afterwards in Brasschaat, Belgium. He obtained his PhD at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, November 8th 2018.

Inhalt

Introduction: A forgotten Christian Deist: Thomas Morgan 1. Chapter One: Life of Thomas Morgan 2. Morgan's early publications 3. The moral philosopher 4. Contemporary reactions to The moral philosopher 5. Morgan's answers to his critics 6. Morgan's Physico-Theology 7. Reactions after Morgan's death in England and abroad 8. Morgan as a harbinger of the disparagement of the Old Testament 9. Conclusion