Johannes Hoornbeeck (1617–1666), “On the Conversion of Indians and Heathens”: An Annotated Translation of “De Conversione Indorum et Gentilium” (1669). Johannes Hoornbeeck. Ed. Inke Loots and Joke Spaans. Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 290. Leiden: Brill, 2019. x + 454 pp. €129

[...]theologians such as Hoornbeeck sought to spread the Reformed faith in territories that had previously been evangelized by Roman Catholics or areas of ancient Christian heritage that had been overtaken by Islam. According to the editors, Hoornbeeck's theology was strongly influenced by his...

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Published inRenaissance quarterly Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 669 - 670
Main Author Klauber, Martin I.
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.07.2021
Subjects
Christianity
Common ground
Ethnography
Jokes
Literary translation
Religious conversion
Theology
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Summary:[...]theologians such as Hoornbeeck sought to spread the Reformed faith in territories that had previously been evangelized by Roman Catholics or areas of ancient Christian heritage that had been overtaken by Islam. According to the editors, Hoornbeeck's theology was strongly influenced by his former teacher and colleague at Utrecht, Gispertus Voetius, who was mostly concerned with church organization once the so-called heathens had been converted. Hoornbeeck then looked to medieval sources for an expanded natural theology that would forge a common ground with the nations who would not readily accept biblical authority.
ISSN:0034-4338
1935-0236
DOI:10.1017/rqx.2021.65