Samuel Johnson: A Layman's ReligionUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1964 - 240 pages Influence of Johnson's own religious interpretation on his life and work. |
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... religious literature , it would be presumptuous to assume that William Law was the sole source of his knowledge ... religious works , but read them , not systematically , but as they came to hand . Religion often occupied his thoughts ...
... religious literature , it would be presumptuous to assume that William Law was the sole source of his knowledge ... religious works , but read them , not systematically , but as they came to hand . Religion often occupied his thoughts ...
Page 78
... religious writers eclectically , to remember and to try to live by the most rigid rules , and to forget or to disregard , so far as his own religious life was con- cerned , those conditions tempered by an understanding of hu- man ...
... religious writers eclectically , to remember and to try to live by the most rigid rules , and to forget or to disregard , so far as his own religious life was con- cerned , those conditions tempered by an understanding of hu- man ...
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... religious life , see : Chester F. Chapin , " Samuel Johnson's ' Wonderful ' Experience , " and Donald J. Greene , " Dr. Johnson's ' Late Con- version ' : A Reconsideration , " both in Johnsonian Studies , ed . Magdi Wahba ( Cairo , 1962 ) ...
... religious life , see : Chester F. Chapin , " Samuel Johnson's ' Wonderful ' Experience , " and Donald J. Greene , " Dr. Johnson's ' Late Con- version ' : A Reconsideration , " both in Johnsonian Studies , ed . Magdi Wahba ( Cairo , 1962 ) ...
Contents
Johnson and William Law | 3 |
Johnson and Samuel Clarke | 27 |
The Atonement | 46 |
Copyright | |
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