Boyle Lectures 487967 222833068 2008-07-01T09:53:49Z Nunquam Dormio 1122047 rv - not spam {{Distinguish|Robert Boyle Lecture}} The '''Boyle Lectures''' were named after [[Robert Boyle]], a prominent Irish [[Natural Philosopher]] in the 17th Century. Boyle endowed a series of lectures in his will, which were designed as a forum where prominent academics could discuss the existence of God. The very first such lecture was given in 1692 by [[Richard Bentley]]. Their design, as expressed by the institutor, is to prove the truth of the [[Christianity|Christian]] religion against infidels, without descending to any controversies among Christians; and to answer new difficulties, scruples, etc. To support the lectures, he assigned the rent of his house in Crooked Lane, to a learned theologian within the [[Bills of Mortality]], to be elected for a term, not exceeding three years, by Archbishop Tennison, and others. But the fund proving precarious, the salary was ill-paid. To remedy this, Archbishop Tennison procured a yearly stipend of 50 pounds, forever, to be paid quarterly, charged on a farm in the parish of [[Brill]], [[Buckinghamshire]]. <ref>{{1728}}</ref> The Boyle lectures were revived in 2004 at St Mary Le Bow church in the City of London by Dr Michael Byrne. They take place annually in February. ==The Lectures== * 1692 - [[Richard Bentley]]<ref>Dick, S. J. , ''Plurality of Worlds''</ref> * 1693-4 - [[Richard Kidder]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1694-5<ref>Williams, J. , ''Five Sermons at the Boyle Lectures''</ref> (1695-6?<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>) - [[John Williams]] * 1697 - [[F. Gastrell]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1698 - [[J. Harris]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1699 - [[Samuel Bradford]]<ref>[http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/?Boyle_Lecture St Mary le Bow Church, London - Boyle Lecture<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1700 - [[Offspring Blackall]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1701 - [[George Stanhope]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1704-5 - [[Samuel Clarke]]<ref>Dick, S. J. , ''Plurality of Worlds''</ref> * 1706 - [[John Hancock]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1707 - [[W. Whiston]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1708 - [[John Turner]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1709 - [[Lilly Butler]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1710 - [[Josiah Woodward]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1710-12 - [[William Derham]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1713-14 - [[Benjamin Ibbot]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1717-18 - [[John Leng]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1719-20 - [[John Clarke]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1721-2 - [[Robert Gurdon]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1724-5 - [[Thomas Burnett]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1730-2 - [[William Berriman]]<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/gac/077332.shtml Boyle Lectures (1692-1732): A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, being an Abridgement of the Sermons preached at the Lectures founded by Robert Boyle. Philosphy and Christian Thought in Britain 1700-1900. - BURNET, GILBERT (FL. 1737), ED<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1812 - [[William Van Mildert]]<ref>[http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/?Boyle_Lecture St Mary le Bow Church, London - Boyle Lecture<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1845-6 - ''The Religions of the World; and Their Relations to Christianity Considered in Eight Lectures'' - [[Frederick Denison Maurice]] * 1857-8 - [[William Gilson Humphry]] * 1864 - ''The conversion of the Roman empire'', by [[Charles Merivale]] * 1865 - ''The Conversion of the Northern Nations'', by [[Charles Merivale]] * 1868-70 - ''The Witness of St. Paul to Christ'', by [[Stanley Leathes]] * 1871 - ''Moral Difficulties Connected with the Bible'', by [[James Augustus Hessey]] * 1876 - ''What is Natural Theology?'', by [[Alfred Barry]]<ref>[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc01.html?term=Barry,%20Alfred New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen - Basilians | Christian Classics Ethereal Library<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1877-8 - ''The Manifold Witness for Christ'', by [[Alfred Barry]]<ref>[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc01.html?term=Barry,%20Alfred New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen - Basilians | Christian Classics Ethereal Library<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 1879-80 - ''The Evidential Value of the Holy Eucharist'', by [[George Frederick Maclear]] * 1895 - [[W. C. E. Newbolt]]<ref>Schaff, P. & Herzog J. J. , ''New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge''</ref> * 1903-5 - [[Richard John Knowling]]<ref>Schaff, P. & Herzog J. J. , ''New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge''</ref> * 2004 - [[John F. Haught]]<ref>[http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/?Boyle_Lecture St Mary le Bow Church, London - Boyle Lecture<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 2005 - [[Simon Conway Morris]]<ref>[http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/?Boyle_Lecture St Mary le Bow Church, London - Boyle Lecture<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 2006 - [[Philip Clayton]], response by [[Niels Gregersen]]<ref>[http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/?Boyle_Lecture St Mary le Bow Church, London - Boyle Lecture<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * 2007 - [http://www.gresham.ac.uk/event.asp?PageId=45&EventId=583 'Cosmology of Ultimate Concern'], by [[John D Barrow]], with a response by [[Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow]] * 2008 - [http://www.gresham.ac.uk/event.asp?PageId=45&EventId=721 'Psychologising and Neurologising about Religion: Facts, Fallacies and the Future'], by [[Malcolm Jeeves]], with a response by The Revd Dr Fraser Watts ===Other Lecturers=== * [[Thomas Newton]]<ref>[http://www.stmarylebow.co.uk/?History:Celebrated_Rectors St Mary le Bow Church, London - Celebrated Rectors<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==References== <references /> {{philo-stub}} [[Category:Lecture series]]