- Theological Repository
The "Theological Repository" was a periodical founded and edited from
1769 to1771 by the eighteenth-century Britishpolymath Joseph Priestley . Although ostensibly committed to the open and rational inquiry of theological questions, the journal became a mouthpiece for Dissenting, particularlyUnitarian andArian , doctrines.Priestley promised to print all viewpoints, but only like-minded authors ever submitted articles. He was therefore forced to provide much of the journal's content himself. After only a few years, due to a lack of funds, he was forced to cease publishing the journal. [See Schofield, Vol. 1, 193–201 for an analysis of the journal; Uglow, 169; Holt, 53-55.] About a decade later, in
1784 , Priestley revived the "Theological Repository", but he again became responsible for much of the journal's content and again the journal became insolvent after several issues (1784, 1786, 1788). [See Schofield, Vol. 2, 202–207 for an analysis of Priestley's contributions.]Joseph Johnson, Priestley's close friend and publisher, was responsible for issuing the journal. Dedicated to the Unitarian cause, he bore much of the financial burden of the enterprise. [Braithwaite, 12-13; 18-19.]
ee also
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Joseph Priestley and Dissent
*List of works by Joseph Priestley Notes
Bibliography
*Braithwaite, Helen. "Romanticism, Publishing and Dissent: Joseph Johnson and the Cause of Liberty". Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. ISBN 0333983947.
*Holt, Anne. "A Life of Joseph Priestley". London: Oxford University Press, 1931.
*Schofield, Robert E. "The Enlightenment of Joseph Priestley: A Study of his Life and Work from 1733 to 1773". University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997. ISBN 0271016620.
*Schofield, Robert E. "The Enlightened Joseph Priestley: A Study of His Life and Work from 1773 to 1804". University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004. ISBN 0271024593.
*Uglow, Jenny. "The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World". New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. ISBN 0374194408.
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