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Loading... Reason, Ridicule and Religion: Age of Enlightenment in England, 1660-1750by John Redwood
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This study, with its examination of the lives and works of Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle, George Berkley, John Locke and other Enlightenment scholars, rejects the idea that the early modern period was marked by a triumph of reason or that it should be seen as a simple battle between science and religion. The more far-reaching debate is focused on one great theme: the questioning of God's place and significance in the cosmos - and the threats that this doubt appeared to pose for the whole of society. No library descriptions found. |
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Redwood's basic thesis is that the hot topic of the time was the challenge to established religion after the Restoration that came from certain men of reason, leading to a fear of deists and athetists. But even more threatening were the wits who refused to engage seriously with the theological disputes of the day - ridicule was recognized by many as a more dangerous threat to religion than reason.