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Civil religion and the Enlightenment in England, 1707-1800
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This innovative book reveals how Enlightened writers in England, both lay and clerical, proclaimed public support for Christianity by transforming it into a civil religion, despite the famous claim...
This innovative book reveals how Enlightened writers in England, both lay and clerical, proclaimed public support for Christianity by transforming it into a civil religion, despite the famous claim of Jean-Jacques Rousseau that Christians professed an uncivil faith.
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- Creator
- Ashley Walsh
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2020
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- ISBNs
- 9781787448476, 1787448479, 1783274905
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Mar 2021).
- Introduction : Hanoverian civil religion and its intellectual eesources -- Building Athens from Jerusalem : Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury -- The politics of priestcraft : John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon -- The church-state alliance : Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, and William Warburton -- The civil faith of common sense : David Hume -- The legacy of ancient Rome : Edward Gibbon and Conyers Middleton -- Subscription, reform, and Dissent : civil religion and enlightened divinity during the late eighteenth century -- Conclusion : Hanoverian civil religion and its aftermath