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Part of the book series: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées (ARCH, volume 165)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Reaction to Bekker’s Ideas
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Front Matter
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Conclusion: The Deep Structure of the Spirit Debate
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Front Matter
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Epilogue
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book argues that it wa Bekker's exegesis of biblical passages in which spirits and spirit activity were mentioned that was a far greater threat than his Cartesian metaphysics to the literal interpretation of the Bible which was the intellectual cornerstone of Dutch reformed confessionalism, dominant in the church since the Synod of Dordrecht (1618-1619). With an examination of the ideas of Bekker, his opponents and supporters, this book places the controversy around The World Bewitched within the context of the Cartesian debates of the seventeenth century and the growth of confessionalism within the Dutch Reformed church.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fallen Angels
Book Subtitle: Balthasar Bekker, Spirit Belief, and Confessionalism in the Seventeenth Century Dutch Republic
Authors: Andrew Fix
Series Title: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1531-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1999
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5876-3Published: 30 September 1999
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5285-8Published: 15 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1531-7Published: 11 November 2013
Series ISSN: 0066-6610
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0307
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 184
Topics: Religious Studies, general, History, general, Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind