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Joseph Priestley, Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian
Edited by Isabel Rivers and David L. Wykes
272 pages
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216x138mm
978-0-19-921530-0
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Hardback
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17 January 2008
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- The first assessment in a single volume of Priestley's extraordinary range of interests
- Comprehensive: covers all aspects of Priestley's work in compact, well referenced essays which do not assume specialist knowledge of 18th-century politics, religion, or science
- Written by specialists in a range of disciplines with expert knowledge of their subjects
Joseph Priestley was one of the most remarkable thinkers of the eighteenth century. Best known today as the scientist who discovered oxygen, he also made major contributions in the fields of education, politics, philosophy, and theology. This collection of essays by a team of experts covers the full range of Priestley's work and provides a new and up to date account of all his activities, together with a summary of his life and an account of his last years in America. The book will re-establish him as a major intellectual figure in Britain and America in the second half of the eighteenth century.
Readership: Scholars and students of theology, especially of Unitarianism and the Dissenting tradition; religious, political, and social history; the history of science and philosophy; eighteenth-century history.
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Edited by Isabel Rivers, Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Culture, Queen Mary, University of London, and Co-Director, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies, and David L. Wykes, Director, Dr Williams's Library, London, and Co-Director, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies Contributors:
W. H. Brock, University of Leicester
G. M. Ditchfield, University of Kent
James Dybikowski, University of British Columbia
Martin Fitzpatrick, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Jenny Graham
Alison Kennedy, University of Stirling
Isabel Rivers,
Queen Mary, University of London, and Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies
David L. Wykes, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies
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"This volume acheives its aims admirably." - The Historical Association "it will be an essential next step in understanding a towering, wide-ranging, and too often underestimated figure in the English Enlightenment and, indeed, in the following century." - R. K. Webb, Enlightenment and Dissent "[A] welcome book... all the papers merit careful study." - Alan P. F. Sell, Journal of Ecclesiastical History "All chapters in this anthology, Joseph Priestley: Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian, provide rich material...for anyone interested in the unfolding dynamic of the European Enlightenment, especially the fascinating complex of science and religion period. Hopefully the
anthology will go some little way to restoring the intellectual reputation of a richly deserving figure whose arguments...are as relevant today as they were over two hundred years ago when Priestley advanced them." - Michael R. Matthews Science and Education "...Readable and perceptive...[a] stimulating and insightful volume..." - David A. Pailin The Journal of Theological Studies "'Priestley was a deeply religious man and a believer in the power of faith as a force for good in the world.' These words of Alison Kennedy speak for the whole of the life and teaching of Priestley. Every chapter in ths unique book bears out their truth. It is a book that will inspire and encourage all who read it." - Peter Godfrey, Faith and
Freedom "All the chapters in this anthology provide rich material for school and university teachers, and they constitute simply a 'good read' for anyone interested in the unfolding dynamic of the European Enlightenment, especially the fascinating complex of science and religion in the period. Hopefully the anthology will go some little way to restoring the intellectual reputation of a richly deserving figure." - Newsletter of the International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Group "The volume achieves its aims admirably" - W. A. Speck, History
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David L. Wykes & Isabel Rivers: Introduction
1: David L. Wykes: Joseph Priestley, Minister and Teacher
2: W. H. Brock: Joseph Priestley, Enlightened Experimentalist
3: James Dybikowski: Joseph Priestley, Metaphysician and Philosopher of Religion
4: Martin Fitzpatrick: Joseph Priestley, Political Philosopher
5: G. M. Ditchfield: Joseph Priestley and the Complexities of Latitudinarianism in the 1770s
6: Alison Kennedy: Historical Perspectives in the Mind of Joseph Priestley
7: Jenny Graham: Joseph Priestley in America
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