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The Enlightenment and Religion. The Myths of Modernity.
Barnett, S. J. (Subject Leader, History Of Ideas, University Of Kingston-Upon-Thames)
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Paperback. This publication offers a critical survey of religious change and its causes in 18th-century Europe. Focusing on Enlightenment Italy, France and England, the text illustrates how the canonical view of 18th-century religious change has in reality been constructed upon scant evidence and assumption, Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DSE; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HRAX; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 326.
This book offers a critical survey of religious change and its causes in eighteenth-century Europe, and constitutes a challenge to the accepted views in traditional Enlightenment studies. Focusing on Enlightenment Italy, France and England, it illustrates how the canonical view of eighteenth-century religious change has in reality been constructed upon scant evidence and assumption, in particular the idea that the thought of the enlightened led to modernity. For, despite a lack of evidence, one of the fundamental assumptions of Enlightenment studies has been the assertion that there was a vibrant Deist movement which formed the “intellectual solvent” of the eighteenth ... Read more
This book offers a critical survey of religious change and its causes in eighteenth-century Europe, and constitutes a challenge to the accepted views in traditional Enlightenment studies. Focusing on Enlightenment Italy, France and England, it illustrates how the canonical view of eighteenth-century religious change has in reality been constructed upon scant evidence and assumption, in particular the idea that the thought of the enlightened led to modernity. For, despite a lack of evidence, one of the fundamental assumptions of Enlightenment studies has been the assertion that there was a vibrant Deist movement which formed the “intellectual solvent” of the eighteenth ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719067419
SKU
V9780719067419
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About Barnett, S. J. (Subject Leader, History Of Ideas, University Of Kingston-Upon-Thames)
S.J. Barnett is Subject Leader in History of Ideas, University of Kingston-Upon-Thames -- .
Reviews for The Enlightenment and Religion. The Myths of Modernity.
'This book makes an important case for rethinking the relationship between the Enlightenment and religion. It contributes to a new understanding of familiar material by treating it in an original and stimulating manner and will be valuable to both specialists and general readers.' Jane Shaw, New College, Oxford