Knowledge and Belief in America - Enlightenment Traditions and Modern Religious Thought (Hardcover, New)

The Enlightenment values of individual autonomy, democracy, and secularizing reason appear to conflict with the religious traditions of community, authority, and traditional learning. Yet in American history the two heritages have been intertwined since the colonial era: The development of the Enlightenment has been influenced by community-based thinking, and religious institutions have adopted to some extent critical methods and a democratic ethos even within their own walls. This volume brings together the work of a distinguished group of theologians, intellectual historians, literary critics, and philosophers to explore the interaction between Enlightenment ideals and American religion. The Enlightenment's effect on the major religious traditions, including the Catholic Church, evangelical Protestantism, and Judaism, is examined. Also highlighted is religion in the thinking of such representative figures as Edwards, Franklin, Emerson, Lincoln, Santayana and the pragmatists, Stevens, and Eliot. The collection concludes with a three-part discussion of the nature of the "post-Enlightenment".

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Release date:	September 1995
First published:	1995
Editors:	William M. Shea • Peter A. Huff
Dimensions:	235 x 161 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	374
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-55011-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > General Books > Christianity
LSN:	0-521-55011-4
Barcode:	9780521550116

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