This is the first major critical edition of Locke's 1695 enquiry into the foundations of Christianity. Locke maintains that the essentials of the faith, few and simple, can be found by anyone for themselves in the Scripture, and that this provides a basis for tolerant agreement among Christians. An authoritative text is accompanied by abundant information conducive to an understanding of Locke's religious thought.

This is the first critical edition of The Reasonableness of Christianity, John Locke's enquiry into the foundations of Christian belief, which he published anonymously in 1695. An authoritative annotated text is presented, with full information about sources, variants, amendments, and the publishing history of the work.