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Chapter 1 Pleasures and Liberation from Religious Supervision
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- Introduction Sins and Doubts 1
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PART I. Liberty and Heresy, 1700–1760
- Chapter 1 Pleasures and Liberation from Religious Supervision 29
- Chapter 2 Temptations of Fashion and Passion 48
- Chapter 3 The Mystical Sect: Subversive Sabbateans 64
- Chapter 4 The Rationalist Sect: Neo-Karaites and Deists 84
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PART II. A New World, 1760–80
- Chapter 5 Providence Is Tested: Secularization on the Rise in the 1760s 103
- Chapter 6 The Supremacy of Nature: Deists on the Margins 119
- Chapter 7 The Emergence of the New World 142
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PART III. The Overturned World, 1780–90
- Chapter 8 Scandals and Rebellions 163
- Chapter 9 Replacing Mosaic Laws with Laws of Freedom 180
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PART IV. Anxieties and Confrontations, 1790–1800
- Chapter 10 On the Decline of Judaism: The Last Decade 205
- Chapter 11 Soon Our Faith Will Be Lost: Deists and Believers 229
- Summary Free Jews and the Origins of Secularization 251
- Notes 265
- Bibliography 293
- Index 317
- Acknowledgments 329
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- Introduction Sins and Doubts 1
-
PART I. Liberty and Heresy, 1700–1760
- Chapter 1 Pleasures and Liberation from Religious Supervision 29
- Chapter 2 Temptations of Fashion and Passion 48
- Chapter 3 The Mystical Sect: Subversive Sabbateans 64
- Chapter 4 The Rationalist Sect: Neo-Karaites and Deists 84
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PART II. A New World, 1760–80
- Chapter 5 Providence Is Tested: Secularization on the Rise in the 1760s 103
- Chapter 6 The Supremacy of Nature: Deists on the Margins 119
- Chapter 7 The Emergence of the New World 142
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PART III. The Overturned World, 1780–90
- Chapter 8 Scandals and Rebellions 163
- Chapter 9 Replacing Mosaic Laws with Laws of Freedom 180
-
PART IV. Anxieties and Confrontations, 1790–1800
- Chapter 10 On the Decline of Judaism: The Last Decade 205
- Chapter 11 Soon Our Faith Will Be Lost: Deists and Believers 229
- Summary Free Jews and the Origins of Secularization 251
- Notes 265
- Bibliography 293
- Index 317
- Acknowledgments 329