Playing the Fool: The Subversive Literary Apologetics of John Bunyan and Blaise Pascal

• Published in: Etudes epistémè Vol. 35; no. 35
• Main Author: Parry, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Association Études Épistémè 16.07.2019; Institut du Monde Anglophone
• Subjects: Blaise Pascal; Christian apologetics; imagination; John Bunyan; Christian apologetics; Blaise Pascal; imagination; John Bunyan; apologétique chrétienne

John Bunyan and Blaise Pascal seem unlikely bedfellows – a fiercely Protestant English artisan with only vernacular literacy and a devoutly Catholic French polymath. Yet there are striking affinities between the two in their theologies, spiritual experience, and apologetic methodologies. Both believ...