Summary of Creative Research Grant Results: The Effects of 15th and 16th Century Scholarship on the American Founding

Authors

Owen D. Yeates, Brigham Young University
Dr. Richard Vetterli, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Cambridge Platonists, Oxford Reformers, Christian humanist movement, American Founders

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Political Science

Abstract

The scope of my initial research proposal was quite wide, simply stating that I would study the writings of the Cambridge Platonists and Oxford Reformers and those surrounding them to discover the effects of religious thought on the concepts of virtue and liberty as transmitted from the initial Christian humanist movement in Italy to the American Founders. After reading some information gathered from Dr. Vetterli I decided to focus my research on Isaac Newton and included science and reason with religion, virtue, and liberty in the thrust of my research.

Recommended Citation

Yeates, Owen D. and Vetterli, Dr. Richard (2014) "Summary of Creative Research Grant Results: The Effects of 15th and 16th Century Scholarship on the American Founding," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 272.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/272