Joseph Priestley, Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian

Joseph Priestley was one of the most remarkable thinkers of the eighteenth century. Best known today as the scientist who discovered oxygen, he also made major contributions in the fields of education, politics, philosophy, and theology. This collection of essays by a team of experts covers the full range of Priestley's work and provides a new and up to date account of all his activities, together with a summary of his life and an account of his last years in America. The book will re-establish him as a major intellectual figure in Britain and America in the second half of the eighteenth century.

ISBN 0199215308   Pages 272 ISBN13 9780199215300 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 466 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Hardback   Height (mm) 216 Publication date 17 Jan 2008   Width (mm) 138 Library of Congress 2007036921   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY 540.92   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate DEWEY edition DC22

		Introduction by David L. Wykes and Isabel Rivers		1
1		Joseph Priestley, minister and teacher by David L. Wykes		20
2		Joseph Priestley, enlightened experimentalist by W. H. Brock		49
3		Joseph Priestley, metaphysician and philosopher of religion by James Dybikowski		80
4		Joseph Priestley, political philosopher by Martin Fitzpatrick		113
5		Joseph Priestley and the complexities of latitudinarianism in the 1770s by G. M. Ditchfield		144
6		Historical perspectives in the mind of Joseph Priestley by Alison Kennedy		172
7		Jospeh Priestley in America by Jenny Graham		203
		Selected bibliography		231
		Index		241

it will be an essential next step in understanding a towering, wide-ranging, and too often underestimated figure in the English Enlightenment and, indeed, in the following century. R. K. Webb, Enlightenment and Dissent [A] welcome book... all the papers merit careful study. Alan P. F. Sell, Journal of Ecclesiastical History All chapters in this anthology, Joseph Priestley: Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian, provide rich material...for anyone interested in the unfolding dynamic of the European Enlightenment, especially the fascinating complex of science and religion period. Hopefully the anthology will go some little way to restoring the intellectual reputation of a richly deserving figure whose arguments...are as relevant today as they were over two hundred years ago when Priestley advanced them. Michael R. Matthews Science and Education ...Readable and perceptive...[a] stimulating and insightful volume... David A. Pailin The Journal of Theological Studies 'Priestley was a deeply religious man and a believer in the power of faith as a force for good in the world.' These words of Alison Kennedy speak for the whole of the life and teaching of Priestley. Every chapter in ths unique book bears out their truth. It is a book that will inspire and encourage all who read it. Peter Godfrey, Faith and Freedom All the chapters in this anthology provide rich material for school and university teachers, and they constitute simply a 'good read' for anyone interested in the unfolding dynamic of the European Enlightenment, especially the fascinating complex of science and religion in the period. Hopefully the anthology will go some little way to restoring the intellectual reputation of a richly deserving figure. Newsletter of the International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Group The volume achieves its aims admirably W. A. Speck, History

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