Priest of nature
Subtitle: the religious worlds of Isaac Newton
By: Robert Iliffe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9780199995356
Subjects: Religion
Description: Religion and faith dominated much of Newton's life and work. His papers, never made available to the public, were filled with biblical speculation and timelines along with passages that excoriated the early Church fathers. Indeed, his radical theological leanings rendered him a heretic, according to the doctrines of the Anglican Church.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A divine web; title: A spiritual ant; title: Infinity and the imagination; title: From liberty to heresy; title: Abominable men; title: Prisca Newtoniana; title: Methodising the apocalypse; title: Divine persecution; title: The end of the world; title: Private prosecutions; title: Critical friends; title: A particle of divinity.