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    Adriaan Koerbagh, A Light Shining in Dark Places, to Illuminate the Main Questions of Theology and Religion by Wielema, Michiel R.;

    Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History / Brill's Texts and Sources in Intellectual History; 207/12;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher BRILL
    • Date of Publication 11 November 2011

    • ISBN 9789004212367
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages510 pages
    • Size 240x160 mm
    • Weight 1043 g
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    Short description:

    This book is the first English edition of a major critique of organized religion. A rational plea for tolerance and free thought, Adriaan Koerbagh's A Light Shining in Dark Places (1668) demolishes the authority of the Christian revelation and the churches.

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    Ever since it was first written, Adriaan Koerbagh's anti-Christian work, A Light Shining in Dark Places, has been nearly inaccessible. Had it been known during the Enlightenment, it would have been a great inspiration to radical thinkers. However, it was suppressed and the author died in jail. The full text is now available in English. Koerbagh demolishes such Christian notions as the Creator, the Trinity, the divinity of Jesus, heaven and hell, angels, devils and miracles. Instead, he presents a monistic world view in which Nature and God are identical. Theology is a part of natural science. God can only be worshipped by acting rationally. Koerbagh's rational religion is intended to contribute to a free, peaceful and liberal society.

    "Comme le montre tr?s bien l?introduction historique de Wiep van Bunge, s?il y a une relation entre les deux [Spinoza et Koerbagh], on ne peut pas la réduire ? une simple divulgation qu?Adrian aurait faite de quelques principes du spinozisme. A light shinning se rév?le ?tre en effet un ouvrage assez original, et assez originel, nullement réductible ? une anticipation du TTP [Tractatus theologico-politicus]. [...] Au contraire, elle pourrait permettre aux spinozistes de mieux comprendre ? fois le milieu intellectuel dans lequel opérait Spinoza et les raisons de son originalité." - Andrea Sangiacomo, in: Archives de Philosophie, Hiver 2012, Tome 75, Cahier 4, pp. 718-719

    "[...] een tweetalige, door Michiel Wielema voorbeeldig verzorgde editie, waarin het zeventiende-eeuwse Nederlands is vertaald in hedendaags Engels, zodat deze belangrijke bron van de vroege, uiterst radicale Verlichting ook voor niet-Nederlanders toegankelijk is." - Rob Hartmans, in: De Groene Amsterdammer, 4 April 2013, p. 60

    "[...] een gedegen wetenschappelijke editie van Koerbags 'Een ligt schijnende in duystere platsen'." - Wilfred van de Poll, in: Trouw (30 December 2011)

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    Table of Contents:

    Preface and Acknowledgments
    Introduction by Wiep van Bunge
    Note on the Texts

    ADRIAAN KOERBAGH, EEN LIGT SCHIJNENDE IN DUYSTERE PLAATSEN: OM TE VERLIGTEN DE VOORNAAMSTE SAAKEN DER GODS
    -GELEERTHEYD EN GODS
    -DIENST


    ADRIAAN KOERBAGH, A LIGHT SHINING IN DARK PLACES, TO ILLUMINATE THE MAIN QUESTIONS OF THEOLOGY AND RELIGION

    [Voorwoord]
    [Preface]

    Hoofdstuk 1. Van Wesen, Jehova, en de Waereld
    Chapter 1. On Being, Jehova, and the World

    Hoofdstuk 2. Van de Drie
    -eenheyd, de Trinitate
    Chapter 2. On the Trinity, de Trinitate

    Hoofdstuk 3. Van den Behouder gesegt Jesus
    Chapter 3. On the Saviour named Jesus

    Hoofdstuk 4. Van den Heyligen Geest, de spiritu sancto
    Chapter 4. On the Holy Ghost, de spiritu sancto

    Hoofdstuk 5. Van Goed ende Kwaad, de bono et malo
    Chapter 5. On good and evil, de bono et malo

    Hoofdstuk 6. Van de Godsdienst, de religione
    Chapter 6. On religion, de religione

    Hoofdstuk 7. Van de h. schrift of het h. boek, de bibliis, of s. scriptura
    Chapter 7. On holy scripture or the holy book, de bibliis or s. scriptura

    Hoofdstuk 8. Van de ketters en ketterijen, de haereticis et haeresia
    Chapter 8. On heretics and heresies, de haereticis et haeresia

    Hoofdstuk 9. Van den hemel, de coelo
    Chapter 9. On heaven, de coelo

    Hoofdstuk 10. Van de hel, gehenna
    Chapter 10. On hell, gehenna

    Hoofdstuk 11. Van de Godspraaken, de oraculis, en van de ligten en volmaaktheden, urim en thummim
    Chapter 11. On oracles, de oraculis, and on the lights and perfections, urim and thummim

    Hoofdstuk 12. Van de booden, die men segt te sijn goede geesten, de angelis
    Chapter 12. On the messengers who are said to be good spirits, de angelis

    Hoofdstuk 13. Van de lasteraars of tegenstanders, die men segt te sijn kwaade geesten, de diabolis, satanis
    Chapter 13. On slanderers or adversaries, said to be evil spirits, de diabolis, satanis

    Hoofdstuk 14. Van de spokerijen, en verschijningen, de spectris
    Chapter 14. On ghosts and apparitions, de spectris

    Hoofdstuk 15. Van de wijsen en wijsheijd, welke van de geestelijken gesegt worden te sijn tovenaars of boosgeestige konstenaars, en toverij of boosgeestige konst, magoi et magia
    Chapter 15. On the wise and wisdom, which the clergy claim to be magicians or evil
    -spirited artists, and magic or evil
    -spirited art, magoi et magia

    Hoofdstuk 16. Van de wonderwerken, de miraculis
    Chapter 16. On miracles, de miraculis

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