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The Margins of Orthodoxy

Heterodox Writing and Cultural Response, 1660-1750

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Paperback | 20 April 2006

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The struggle between orthodox Anglicans and the deists, freethinkers, and 'atheists' who opposed their exclusive claims to religious power and political authority reveals cultural practices and ideological assumptions central to an understanding of eighteenth-century thought. In this 1995 collection of essays, leading scholars look beyond the clash of philosophical propositions to examine the role of deists and freethinkers as the producers and the subjects of literary, philosophical and religious controversy. They explore the curious symbiosis between the defense of orthodoxy and the elaboration of new forms of heterodox argument; they examine the practical implications of the debate in specific areas such as the libel laws and the growing influence of Lockean philosophy; and they show how the assault on orthodoxy influenced the development of historiography, public policy, and even the rise of the novel.

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"...outstanding study of the development of orthodoxy, heterodoxy, and toleration or religious diversity after the Restoration of 1660." Marcella Barton, Church History

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Ideology and Origins of Heterodoxy
Within the margins: the definitions of orthodoxy
Freethinking and libertinism: the legacy of the English Revolution
Locke and Heterodox Opinion
Anticlericalism and authority in Lockean political thought
John Locke, conservative radical
Policing the Margins
Samuel Parker, religious diversity, and the ideology of persecution
The Societies for the Reformation of Manners: between Locke and the devil in Augustan England
Irony as subversion: Thomas Woolston and the crime of wit
The limits of moderation in a Latitudinarian parson; or, High Church zeal in a Low Churchman discover'd
Orthodox Defenses, Heterodox Results
Deists and Anglicans: the ancient wisdom and the idea of progress
Henry Fielding and the problem of Deism
Bibliography
Index
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The Margins of Orthodoxy

Heterodox Writing and Cultural Response, 1660-1750

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