| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 歷史學研究所 === 101 === Josiah Tucker is a Anglican clergyman in eighteenth-century England. Though as a dean in church, he wrote a certain amount of works concerning economics and politics, and was deemed as of importance. Past articles and monograph dealing with Dean Tucker were either focusing on his pre-Smithian insistence on "free trade", or on his efforts to persuade the Britons and leaders of government to abandon the North-American colonies during the War of Independence. The past studies, however, did not notice the religious sphere which is not unimportant of Tucker''s works and thoughts. The religious part in Dean''s political and economic thoughts posed some important questions and even paradoxes which still needed to be solved, and this is one of the themes to be discussed in this thesis. Through mapping out Tucker''s thoughts on the theology and ecclesiastical affairs, this study aims to provide a more comprehensive and coherent picture of Dean''s mind. In a word, this thesis argues that Dean deemed the idea of free-trade as the benevolence of Province, thus he advocates it with a highly enthusiastic motivation. Besides, the research also combines the above-mentioned argument with the already-abundant studies on the English Enlightenment, tracking Tucker on the map of the Enlightenment world. All in all, through the discussion and examination of Josiah Tucker''s works and thoughts, this dissertation provides a deeper understanding of not only Dean himself but the essence of the multi-directional dialogue between the Enlightenment and Christianity.
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