{"product_id":"the-religion-of-a-doctor-thomas-browne-9781523275533","title":"The Religion of a Doctor: Religio Medici","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligio Medici\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Religion of a Doctor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSir Thomas Browne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligio Medici (The Religion of a Doctor) by Sir Thomas Browne is a spiritual testament and an early psychological self-portrait. Published in 1643 after an unauthorized version was distributed the previous year, it became a European best-seller which brought its author fame at home and abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStructured upon the Christian virtues of Faith and Hope (part 1) and Charity (part 2), Browne expresses a belief in salvation \"by faith alone,\" the existence of hell, the day of judgement, the resurrection and other tenets of Protestantism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no Church whose every part so squares unto my Conscience; whose Articles, Constitutions, and Customs seem so consonant unto reason, and as it were framed to my particular Devotion, as this whereof I hold my Belief, the Church of England;..... In brief, where the Scripture is silent, the Church is my Text; where that speaks, 'tis but my Comment: where there is a joint silence of both, I borrow not the rules of my Religion from Rome or Geneva, but the dictates of my own reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout Religio Medici Browne uses scientific imagery to illustrate religious truths as part of his discussion on the relationship of science to religion, a topic which has lost none of its contemporary relevance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Browne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1523275537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781523275533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.16d","brand":"Thomas Browne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46685676011775,"sku":"9781523275533","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_453c9b3d-bc1f-4692-98db-8230e7262159.jpg?v=1741726426","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-religion-of-a-doctor-thomas-browne-9781523275533","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}