Nineteenth-Century British Secularism - Science, Religion and Literature (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

Nineteenth-Century British Secularism offers a new paradigm for understanding secularization in the nineteenth century. It addresses the crisis in the secularization thesis by foregrounding a nineteenth-century development called 'Secularism' - the particular movement and creed founded by George Jacob Holyoake from 1851 to 1852. Nineteenth-Century British Secularism rethinks and reevaluates the significance of Holyoake's Secularism, regarding it as a historic moment of modernity and granting it centrality as both a herald and exemplar for a new understanding of modern secularity. In addition to Secularism proper, the book treats several other moments of secular emergence in the nineteenth century, including Thomas Carlyle's 'natural supernaturalism', Richard Carlile's anti-theist science advocacy, Charles Lyell's uniformity principle in geology, Francis Newman's naturalized religion or 'primitive Christianity', and George Eliot's secularism and post-secularism.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000
Release date:	February 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Michael Rectenwald
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	257
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-46388-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Humanist & secular alternatives to religion > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Humanist & secular alternatives to religion > General Promotions
LSN:	1-137-46388-0
Barcode:	9781137463883

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