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'Religion' and the Religions in the English Enlightenment »
Authors: Peter Harrison
ISBN-13: 9780521385305, ISBN-10: 052138530X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: November 1990
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Peter Harrison
Book Synopsis
This book shows how the concept of 'religion' and 'the religions' arose out of controversies in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England.
Table of Contents
Introduction;
1. Antecedents;
2. 'Religion', revelation, and the light of nature: Protestants and Platonists;
3. The religious instinct and priestly corruptions: Lord Herbert and deism;
4. Sacred history and religious diversity;
5. From sacred history to natural history; Epilogue; Notes; References.
1. Antecedents;
2. 'Religion', revelation, and the light of nature: Protestants and Platonists;
3. The religious instinct and priestly corruptions: Lord Herbert and deism;
4. Sacred history and religious diversity;
5. From sacred history to natural history; Epilogue; Notes; References.
Subjects
Christianity
History of Religion History, Religious
Christianity All Religion General & Miscellaneous Religion
History European History British History - General & Miscellaneous
History Religious History General & Miscellaneous Religion
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Philosophy Philosophical Positions & Movements Enlightenment
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