Milton's Theology of Freedom

Myers, Benjamin

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“…(5.3.107-10) This passage echoes the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican who go to temple to pray (Luke 18. [10][11][12][13][14]. In it, a reader finds that passage shows the request of the requester to get mercy which true prayers have, indicates Luke 18:13-O God, be merciful to me a sinner, moreover, the prayer of the Pharisee-O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, is full of false hypocrisy.…”

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Theology and English Literature: From Christopher Marlowe to Alexander Pope

Kumari

Alexander

2018

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Generally, it is not obvious to people that theology has contributed a lot in the formation of English literature. So, this paper tries to picture and convince how the writings of English Literature writers have impacts and influences in themselves from the biblical theology. Writers like William Shakespeare uses the theology of grace in his play All’s Well that’s End Well. John Milton pens theology of Freedom of Choice. John Donne writes Trinitarian Theology. Christopher Marlowe shows the theology of Doctor Faustus, which shines under the title like purgatory the highest junction. Alexander Pope reflects the theology of participation in self Salvation and shows theodicy in his work. Theology and English literature go together. They are inseparable. Theology is interwoven in English Literature. It appears convincingly that William Shakespeare, John Milton, John Donne, Christopher Marlowe, and Alexander Pope have sufficiently left grains in their writings which compel to justify the significance of theology in English Literature. Thus, a high degree of significance the biblical theology immerges within the arena of English Literature which may be taught to the English literature readers with a well stuff of biblical theology which is very much beneficial for the understanding of English literature knower.

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Theology and English Literature: From Christopher Marlowe to Alexander Pope

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2018

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Milton and the Burden of Freedom

Chernaik

2017

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Throughout his writings, Milton, deeply engaged in political and theological controversy, sought to clear a space for human freedom in a world ruled by an omniscient and omnipotent deity. Paradise Lost and Samson Agonistes, as well as other works by Milton in verse and prose, explore the problematical aspects of a universe ruled by an Old Testament God of wrath, demanding obedience, who allows his creatures the freedom to be 'authors' of their own fate. Milton and the Burden of Freedom examines the contradictions inherent in Milton's religious, political, and ethical beliefs as expressed in his poems, prose writings, and the treatise De Doctrina Christiana. Milton, whose writings are rooted in the Reformed tradition while challenging Calvinist orthodoxy, is both radical and conservative. In this book, Warren Chernaik traces the evolution of Milton's attitude towards freedom, servitude and virtue during a century of political upheaval and disappointed hopes.

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Surmounting the Wall: Religion and Conflict

Maddox¹

2011

Religion and Ethics in a Globalizing World

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Milton's Theology of Freedom

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Theology and English Literature: From Christopher Marlowe to Alexander Pope

Theology and English Literature: From Christopher Marlowe to Alexander Pope

Milton and the Burden of Freedom

Surmounting the Wall: Religion and Conflict

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