Subject: Religion Book Title: Joseph Priestley, Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian
Joseph Priestley, Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian
Rivers, Isabel
(Editor), Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Culture, Queen Mary, University of London, and Co-Director, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies
Wykes, David L.
(Editor), Director, Dr Williams's Library, London, and Co-Director, Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies
Print publication date: 2008
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2008
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-921530-0
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199215300.001.0001
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2008
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-921530-0
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199215300.001.0001
Abstract:
Joseph Priestley was one of the most remarkable thinkers of the 18th 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 chapters 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 18th century.
Keywords: oxygen, education, politics, philosophy, theology, America
Keywords: oxygen, education, politics, philosophy, theology, America
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Joseph Priestley, Minister and Teacher
2. Joseph Priestley, Enlightened Experimentalist
3. Joseph Priestley, Metaphysician and Philosopher of Religion
4. Joseph Priestley, Political Philosopher
5. Joseph Priestley and the Complexities of Latitudinarianism in the 1770s
6. Historical Perspectives in the Mind of Joseph Priestley
7. Joseph Priestley in America
Bibliography
Index
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199215300.001.0001
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