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Adriaan Koerbagh, A Light Shining in Dark Places, to Illuminate the Main Questions of Theology and Religion

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Ever since it was first written, Adriaan Koerbagh's anti-Christian work, A Light Shining in Dark Places, has been nearly inaccessible. Had it been known during the Enlightenment, it would have been...
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  • 11 November 2011
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Ever since it was first written, Adriaan Koerbagh's anti-Christian work, A Light Shining in Dark Places, has been nearly inaccessible. Had it been known during the Enlightenment, it would have been a great inspiration to radical thinkers. However, it was suppressed and the author died in jail. The full text is now available in English. Koerbagh demolishes such Christian notions as the Creator, the Trinity, the divinity of Jesus, heaven and hell, angels, devils and miracles. Instead, he presents a monistic world view in which Nature and God are identical. Theology is a part of natural science. God can only be worshipped by acting rationally. Koerbagh's rational religion is intended to contribute to a free, peaceful and liberal society.
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Price: $229.00
Pages: 510
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History
Publication Date: 11 November 2011
ISBN: 9789004212367
Format: Hardcover
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"Comme le montre très bien l’introduction historique de Wiep van Bunge, s’il y a une relation entre les deux [Spinoza et Koerbagh], on ne peut pas la réduire à une simple divulgation qu’Adrian aurait faite de quelques principes du spinozisme. A light shinning se révèle être en effet un ouvrage assez original, et assez originel, nullement réductible à une anticipation du TTP [Tractatus theologico-politicus]. [...] Au contraire, elle pourrait permettre aux spinozistes de mieux comprendre à fois le milieu intellectuel dans lequel opérait Spinoza et les raisons de son originalité." - Andrea Sangiacomo, in: Archives de Philosophie, Hiver 2012, Tome 75, Cahier 4, pp. 718-719
"[...] een tweetalige, door Michiel Wielema voorbeeldig verzorgde editie, waarin het zeventiende-eeuwse Nederlands is vertaald in hedendaags Engels, zodat deze belangrijke bron van de vroege, uiterst radicale Verlichting ook voor niet-Nederlanders toegankelijk is." - Rob Hartmans, in: De Groene Amsterdammer, 4 April 2013, p. 60
"[...] een gedegen wetenschappelijke editie van Koerbags 'Een ligt schijnende in duystere platsen'." - Wilfred van de Poll, in: Trouw (30 December 2011)
Michiel Wielema, Ph.D. (1999) in Philosophy, Free University Amsterdam, is a professional Dutch-English translator and copy-editor. He has also published widely on the history of Spinozism and is the author, most recently, of The March of the Libertines (Verloren, 2004).