Fallen angels : Balthasar Bekker, spirit belief, and confessionalism in the seventeenth century Dutch Republic
"This book argues that Bekker's exegesis of biblical passages in which spirits and spirit activity were mentioned 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."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, 1999
Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1999