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Rationalist and Reductionist: Andrew Fuller’s Response to Robert Robinson in Six Letters Cover

Rationalist and Reductionist: Andrew Fuller’s Response to Robert Robinson in Six Letters

By: Ryan Rindels  
Open Access
|May 2023

Abstract

Apologetic engagement was part and parcel of the ministry of Andrew Fuller. His most common opponents embraced extreme forms of rationalism that could not be reconciled with orthodox Calvinistic theology. Socinianism, with its denial of the deity of Christ and the doctrine of the Trinity, posed a threat to Particular Baptist churches. Fellow Baptist pastor Robert Robinson was a Socinian sympathizer, influenced by a rationalism that stripped his theology of mystery, tension, and nuance. In six letters to Robinson, Andrew Fuller addresses various topics drawn from Robinson’s writings and ministry that pertain to human nature, ethics, and hermeneutics from a confessional perspective in an Enlightenment context.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2023-0018 | Journal eISSN: 2284-7308 | Journal ISSN: 1224-984X
Language: English
Page range: 84 - 96
Published on: May 30, 2023
Published by: Emanuel University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

© 2023 Ryan Rindels, published by Emanuel University Press
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