Reformation without End

Robert G. Ingram is Professor of History at Ohio University

• Preface1 Why then are we still reforming?Part I: Purity of faith and worship against corruptions: Daniel Waterland2 Truth is always the same3 Philosophy-lectures or the Sermon on the Mount: Samuel Clarke and the Trinity4 Has not reason been abused as well as religion?: Matthew Tindal and the Scriptures5 The sacrament Socinianized: Benjamin Hoadly and the EucharistPart II: The history of the Church be fabulous: Conyers Middleton6 I know not what to make of the author7 Conversing…with the ancients: Rome and the Bible8 Treating me worse, than I deserved: heterodoxy and the politics of patronage9 Flood of resentment: assailing the primitive ChurchPart III: Neither Jacobite, nor republican, Presbyterian, nor papist: Zachary Grey10 Popery in its proper colours11 Factions, seditions and schismatical principles: Puritans and Dissenters12 The religion of the first ages: primitivism and the primitive Church13 None of us are born free: self-restraint and salvationPart IV: The abuses of fanaticism: William Warburton14 The incendiaries of sedition and confusion15 Neither a slave nor a tyrant: Church and state reimagined16 The triumph of Christ over Julian: prodigies, miracles and providence17 A due degree of zeal: enthusiasm and MethodismConclusionIndex

‘Ingram’s work is a brilliant engagement with the practice of history and theology, contextualizing them in the four ministers he anatomizes. In contrast to many other accounts of early modern religious debate, Ingram is a breath of fresh air.’J.C. Parks, Lehigh University, Left History'In this remarkable book, Robert G. Ingram immerses the reader in the heated religious controversies that fueled the print culture of 18th-century England. […] Through its sensitive and detailed analysis of the religious disputes of the polemical divines, Reformation without end therefore makes an important contribution to our understanding of the intellectual life of 18th-century England.'Felicity Loughlin, University of St. Andrews, Reading Religion, July 2019'By locating eighteenth-century politico-theological disputes as part of the “long Reformation,” Ingram’s study breaks new ground in the field of ecclesiastical history. […] this study makes a fundamental contribution to our knowledge of polemical divinity in eighteenth-century England. Ingram is to be congratulated on writing such a stimulating and thought-provoking monograph. Not only does it enhance our understanding of the differing ways in which eighteenth-century divines interpreted the past, it also — and more importantly — shows that the past was always pertinent to theological controversies during this period.'Simon Lewis, Trinity College, Dublin, Journal of Religious History'Rich, sophisticated, finessed and fine-grained […] this is a highly successful book, and essential reading on the mental universe of eighteenth-century English divines.'Mark Goldie, Churchill College, Cambridge, Journal of Ecclesiastical History of books'Ingram’s conclusion raises interesting and provocative questions and opens up new avenues for other scholars to explore further, especially extending to a trans-Atlantic context. The book should appeal to scholars of early modern England, religious historians, and political historians as well.'Journal of British Studies'This is a clever book with many strands in play: we are learning not just about views of key arguments chiefly drawn from the seventeenth century, but also about the nature of the “Enlightenment” of the eighteenth century. Ingram explores the way in which eighteenth-century Britain was “revolution-haunted”, for the debates were not only theological in nature, but also political in considering the causes and consequences of the British Civil Wars.'Taylor & Francis Online'This work is a remarkable achievement and an important contribution to intellectual, religious and political history. It will revolutionise our understanding of the eighteenth century and is a book that those working on the period will find indispensable.'English Historical Review'This is a clever book with many strands in play: we are learning not just about views of key arguments chiefly drawn from the seventeenth century, but also about the nature of the “Enlightenment” of the eighteenth century.'The Seventeenth Century