Debating the Faith: Religion and Letter Writing in Great Britain, 1550-1800 (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)

The first book to address the role of correspondence in the study of religion, Debating the Faith: Religion and Letter Writing in Great Britain, 1550-1800 shows how letters shaped religious debate in early-modern and Enlightenment Britain, and discusses the materiality of the letters as well as questions of form and genre. Particular attention is paid to the contexts in which letters were composed, sent, read, distributed, and then destroyed, copied or printed, in periods of religious tolerance or persecution. The opening section, 'Protestant identities', examines the importance of letters in the shaping of British protestantism from the underground correspondence of Protestant martyrs in the reign of Mary I to dissident letters after the Act of Toleration. 'Representations of British Catholicism', explores the way English, Irish and Scottish Catholics, whether in exile or at home, defined their faith, established epistolary networks, and addressed political and religious allegiances in the face of adversity. The last part, 'Religion, science and philosophy', focuses on the religious content of correspondence between natural scientists and philosophers.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees, 209
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	2013
Editors:	Anne Dunan-Page • Clotilde Prunier
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	218
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9400752153
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches
LSN:	9400752156
Barcode:	9789400752153

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