...This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about religion and Enlightenment in England during the 18th century and the theological debate from John Locke to Edmund Burke. This book examines the emergence of the so-called enlightened ecclesiastics and their role...

...This chapter examines the theological debate between Severus of Antioch and Julian of Halicarnassus over the incorruptibility of the body of Christ. It begins by discussing the stages of the debate and its documents, including the exchange of letters and treatises between Severus and Julian...

...This chapter examines the liturgical aspects of the theological debate over the incorruptibility of the body of Christ, and particularly the way the dispute was tied to eucharistic theology and practice. It compares the positions of Julian of Halicarnassus and Severus of Antioch regarding Christ's...

... of decades before that of France or Scotland; and the animating role of theological debate, controversy, and speculation within this. It becomes clear that there was such a thing as a British, and specifically an English, Enlightenment, and that, far from being religiously iconoclastic, it was characterized...

... government system based on the idea of wilāyat-i faqīh. However, Khomeini’s doctrine was surprisingly absent from the deliberations of the Assembly of Experts for the Constitution. This chapter will discuss how, without engaging in theological debates about the relationship between religion and government...

...The concept of ‘evil’ has a long history in the western tradition, extending from early theological debate, through tortured discussion of the relationship between moral and religious issues, to a contemporary context in which moral and political theory have domains of discourse in their own right...

...This chapter examines the ecclesiological foundations of the theological debate between Severus of Antioch and the separatist elements within the anti-Chalcedonian camp over the incorruptibility of the social body of Christ. It reveals the correlation between christology and ecclesiology...

... images of the “body of Christ,” this book reveals the underlying political, ritual, and cultural stakes and the long-lasting effects of this fateful theological debate. The book combines sophisticated historical methods with philological rigor and theological precision, bringing to light an important...

... history. The book shows how social, political, and economic factors interweave with theological debates, leading sometimes to a powerful centralized clerical order and at other times to one weakened by factionalism, economic constraints, and governmental intereference. An overview of the subsequent...