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Atheism, Religion, and Enlightenment in Pre-Revolutionary Europe

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The Baron d'Holbach, a prominent figure in the French Enlightenment, is best known for his writings against religion. His prolific campaign of atheism and anti-clericalism, waged from the printing presses of Amsterdam in the years around 1770, was so radical that it provoked an unprecedented public response. For the baron's enemies, at least, it suggested the end of an era: proof that the likes of Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were simply a cabal of atheists hell-bent on the destruction of all that was to be cherished about religion and society. The philosophes, past their prime and under fire, recognised the need to respond, but struggled to know which way to turn. France's institutional bodies, lacking unity and fatally distracted, provided no credible lead. Instead, the voice of reason came from an unlikely source -- independent Christian apologists, Catholic and Protestant, who attacked the baron on his own terms and, in the process, irrevocably changed the nature of Christian writing. This book examines the reception of the works of the baron d'Holbach throughout francophone Europe. It insists that d'Holbach's historical importance has been understated, argues the case for the existence of a significant "Christian Enlightenment" and raises questions about existing secular models of the francophone public sphere.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

online

Penerbit

United Kingdom : The Boydell Press., 2012

Deskripsi Fisik

218 p.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-86193-316-7

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NONE

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

electronic

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

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Subjek

Atheism
Enlightenment
History
Europe
Atheism and literature
Christian apologists
Enlightenment rasionalism

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