John Locke and the Problem of Depravity by W M Spellman

John Locke and the Problem of Depravity by W M Spellman

The religious thought of the philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) is examined in this book, which focuses in particular on his view of original sin and its consequences for education in the early Enlightenment. The author argues that Locke has been wrongly accused of denying original sin, ignoring the atonement, and preaching moralism, and that in fact he was much closer to traditional Protestant teaching on human sinfulness than is generally recognized. While education might serve as an effective counterweight to man's innate propensity to overturn God's laws, he recognised that it could never reduce the importance of the central drama: Christ's work of salvation.

`The book is rigorous and well-textured'Mark Goldie, English Historical Review, Oct 1991
'The book is rigorous and well-textured.' Mark Goldie, Churchill College, Cambridge, EHR Oct. 91

W. M. SPELLMAN Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, USA. He is the author of A Concise History of the World since 1945; European Political Thought, 1600-1700 and John Locke, all published by Palgrave Macmillan. He also co-authored The West: A Narrative History (Prentice-Hall, USA).

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ISBN 13	9780198249870
ISBN 10	019824987X
Title	John Locke and the Problem of Depravity
Author	W M Spellman
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	1988-04-28
Number of pages	256
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