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Rational Dissenters in Late Eighteenth-Century England - 'An ardent desire of truth' (Hardcover)
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Rational Dissenters in Late Eighteenth-Century England - 'An ardent desire of truth' (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Modern British Religious History
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Rational Dissent was a branch of Protestant religious nonconformity
which emerged to prominence in England between c. 1770 and c. 1800.
While small, the movement provoked fierce opposition from both
Anglicans and Orthodox Dissenters. Rational Dissent was a branch of
Protestant religious nonconformity which emerged to prominence in
England between c. 1770 and c. 1800. Based on the sole study of the
Scriptures and the application of individual reasoning to
understanding the word of God, Rational Dissent rejected the role
and authority of Anglican priests but also stood apart from
Orthodox Dissent in its denial of the Trinity and Original Sin,
arguing that these concepts were 'irrational'. While small, the
movement provoked fierce opposition from both Anglicans and
Orthodox Dissenters. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary
published and unpublished sources, this study explores the theology
of Rational Dissent in its entirety, arguing that it was
considerably more diverse than has previously been acknowledged.
Through an examination of lists of subscribers to Rational
Dissenting publications and organizations, and of Unitarian
libraries and their readers, the book uncovers the movement's less
visible adherents, mapping them both socially and geographically.
It also explores the impact of vehement attacks by Anglicans and
Orthodox Dissenters on the development of a Rational Dissenting
identity. Within the context of the struggle for civil and
political rights and of the American and French Revolutions, the
book establishes that the theology of Rational Dissenters
underpinned their political beliefs and concepts of liberty, drove
their ideas on the nature of society, and determined the lives and
priorities of its lay adherents. The final stage of the book
explores the largely Unitarian legacy of Rational Dissent and its
theological, cultural and social impact in England post 1800.
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