Analyzing Blake's works theologically through a wide-angled lens that encompasses the major religious movements he addressed in his art, Jesse concludes Blake was a theological moderate who defended an evangelical faith akin to the Methodism of John...
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Analyzing Blake's works theologically through a wide-angled lens that encompasses the major religious movements he addressed in his art, Jesse concludes Blake was a theological moderate who defended an evangelical faith akin to the Methodism of John Wesley. She argues that, once we collate the different messages he constructed for each of his target audiences, we find him advocating a system that would have been recognized by his contemporaries as Wesleyan in character
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Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; I: Introduction; 1 The Problem of Blake's Religion; 2 The "Rough Basement": Foundational Issues; 3 Urizen and Los; II: Reason as Definitive of Religion; 4 Blake and Natural Religion; 5 Rationalist Road Signs; 6 Blake and the Established Church; 7 Anglican Road Signs; III: Reason as Destructive of Religion; 8 Blake and the Religious Radicals; 9 Radical Road Signs; IV: Reason as Redemptive of Religion; 10 Blake and the Religious Moderates; 11 Methodist Road Signs; V: Reading Blake Theologically; 12 All Religions Are One
13 Whose Madness?Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author
