tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post115335416608080520..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: Milton's theology of freedomBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-52538597186625900572008-12-16T10:34:00.000-05:002008-12-16T10:34:00.000-05:00Thanks, Ryan — I'm glad to hear it was helpful.Thanks, Ryan — I'm glad to hear it was helpful.Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-31784762481644052902008-12-16T02:41:00.000-05:002008-12-16T02:41:00.000-05:00I used your book for research in my digital humani...I used your book for research in my digital humanities course this past semester. A friend and I made a searchable edition of De Doctrina and found your book very helpful in providing a comparative theological framework. Well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1154395408668610182006-07-31T21:23:00.000-04:002006-07-31T21:23:00.000-04:00“He had no predecessors; neither had he any discip...“He had no predecessors; neither had he any disciples.” Hmm. No disciples, precisely, but he did influence a few Baptists like Roger Williams (well, okay, Williams was only a Baptist for like a month!), John Clarke, and especially John Bunyan. I only found this out quite recently because the only thing I knew about Milton before a couple of years ago was Paradise Lost--assigned in High School.Michael Westmoreland-White, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06343135380354344847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1153454585345848202006-07-21T00:03:00.000-04:002006-07-21T00:03:00.000-04:00Congratulations Ben! The first of many, I trust.Congratulations Ben! The first of many, I trust.Rory Shinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378270111323220078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1153436036442896212006-07-20T18:53:00.000-04:002006-07-20T18:53:00.000-04:00Ben, something completely different: You need a p...Ben, something completely different: You need a post indexing all of the 'why I loves' for ease of reference...Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148452877425621293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1153435818431432682006-07-20T18:50:00.000-04:002006-07-20T18:50:00.000-04:00Congrats, Ben - chapter 2 sounds intriguing!Congrats, Ben - chapter 2 sounds intriguing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1153432717828628912006-07-20T17:58:00.000-04:002006-07-20T17:58:00.000-04:00Ben,Congrats. I hope the reviews are good and this...Ben,<BR/>Congrats. I hope the reviews are good and this establishes you as a leading Milton scholar. How long till the second Myers book comes out?Michael F. Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1153429640669811282006-07-20T17:07:00.000-04:002006-07-20T17:07:00.000-04:00Congratulations.In my own blog entry for today, I'...Congratulations.<BR/><BR/>In my own blog entry for <A HREF="http://gypsyscholarship.blogspot.com/2006/07/benjamin-myers-on-miltons-freedom.html" REL="nofollow">today</A>, I've linked to this entry of yours and to your larger blog with logo. I hope that you don't mind.<BR/><BR/>Jeffery Hodges<BR/><BR/>* * *Horace Jeffery Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684513618463766017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1153401300577391402006-07-20T09:15:00.000-04:002006-07-20T09:15:00.000-04:00Congratulations. Vanderbilt's library has a new bo...Congratulations. Vanderbilt's library has a new book section, so I'll say, 'hey - I know that guy!' to everyone who will listen in the lobby for a week. Promise.guanilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10713030896535359474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1153399273902318022006-07-20T08:41:00.000-04:002006-07-20T08:41:00.000-04:00Well done - I'll put in a request at MTC.Well done - I'll put in a request at MTC.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1153375795707759202006-07-20T02:09:00.000-04:002006-07-20T02:09:00.000-04:00My library will surely be ordering in a copy in th...My library will surely be ordering in a copy in the next few weeks. I look forward very much to reading it - though I know as much about Milton as I do about running backwards, so it will also plug up a gap in my knowledge. Many congratulations, again. It must be exciting to see your work finally published.Chris Tillinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03153087287030167791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1153374659742513092006-07-20T01:50:00.000-04:002006-07-20T01:50:00.000-04:00Nice. consistently inviting historical explicatio...Nice. <BR/><BR/><I>consistently inviting historical explication, yet refusing to be explained away by any historical determinant.</I><BR/><BR/>Do you engage much with the historiography on Milton? It sounds like you're dancing around the new historicists...Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148452877425621293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1153374463372908072006-07-20T01:47:00.000-04:002006-07-20T01:47:00.000-04:00Congratulations Ben!Sounds like a wonderful book.Congratulations Ben!<BR/><BR/>Sounds like a wonderful book.::aaron g::https://www.blogger.com/profile/03849988327077565616noreply@blogger.com