Coleridge, the Bible, and Religion

JEFFREY W. BARBEAU is an associate professor of Theology at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA.

"The scholarship is massive yet focused and the context is exhilarating. It shows Coleridge's influence throughout the nineteenth centuryas a philosopher, political thinker, and theologian in Great Britain,Germany, and America" - Marilyn Gaull, Editor of The Wordsworth Circle "...Barbeau focuses on Coleridge's seminal and posthumously published Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit...offe[ing] much insight into the broad terrain of British Anglicanism, both in its political and ecclesiastical manifsetations." - Anglican Theological Review

• Revealed' Religion and Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit Christ, the Word: The Coleridgean Creed The Scriptures: The Mirror of Faith The Scriptures: The Interpretation of the Old Testament The Scriptures: The Interpretation of the New Testament The Church: Tradition as the Master-Key of Interpretation The Holy Spirit: Reason and the Divine Image The Preacher: Imagination and the Inspired Prophet Conclusion: The Reception of Coleridge's Religious System