The Enlightenment and religion : : the myths of modernity / / S.J. Barnett.
The Enlightenment and religion: The myths of modernity offers a critical survey of religious change and its causes in eighteenth-century Europe, and constitutes a radical challenge to the accepted views in traditional Enlightenment studies. Focusing on Enlightenment Italy, France and England, it ill...
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| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Manchester Religious Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 244 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | The Enlightenment and religion: The myths of modernity offers a critical survey of religious change and its causes in eighteenth-century Europe, and constitutes a radical 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. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1526137720 1847795935 1781700516 1280734620 9786610734627 1847790909 142370665X |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | S.J. Barnett. |