Sanctifying Reason: Isaac Watts as Enlightenment Hymn-Writer
Dr Graham Beynon
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Friday, 9th of October at 7:30pm BST (2:30pm EDT)
The Enlightenment extolled the role of reason but where did that leave the Christian faith? Isaac Watts responded to this challenge defending a faith that was both reasonable and above reason. We will examine his arguments and how they appear most famously in his hymns.
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