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The Enlightenment and religion
The myths of modernity
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2003
About this book
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
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Front matter
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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1 The myth of Enlightenment deism
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2 Historians, religion and the historical record
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3 The English deist movement
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4 France
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5 Italy
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6 The ‘public sphere’ and the hidden life of ideas
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Appendix
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Selected bibliography
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Index
239
Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
July 30, 2018
eBook ISBN:
9781526137722
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
256
eBook ISBN:
9781526137722
Keywords for this book
religious change; eighteenth century; Europe; Enlightenment; modernity; Deist; intellectual solvent; Italy; France; England
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General/trade;
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BY-NC-ND 4.0