The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 7, Enlightenment, Reawakening and Revolution 1660-1815
by Stewart J. Brown
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During the tumultuous period of world history from 1660 to 1815, three complex movements combined to bring a fundamental cultural reorientation to Europe and North America, and ultimately to the wider world. The Enlightenment transformed views of nature and of the human capacity to master nature. The religious reawakenings brought a revival of heartfelt, experiential Christianity. Finally revolution, the political and social upheavals of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, show more challenged established ideas of divine-right monarchies and divinely ordained social hierarchies, and promoted more democratic government, notions of human rights and religious toleration. A new religious climate emerged, in which people were more likely to look to their own feelings and experiences for the basis of their faith. During this same period, Christianity spread widely around the world as a result of colonialism and missions, and responded in diverse ways to its encounters with other cultures and religious traditions. show lessTags
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Stewart J. Brown is Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, University of Edinburgh.
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- The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 7, Enlightenment, Reawakening and Revolution 1660-1815
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- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History, General Nonfiction
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- 270.7 — Religion History of Christianity History, geographic treatment, biography of Christianity Peace of Westphalia to French revolution (1648-1789)
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- B802 .E5455 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Philosophy (General) By period Modern
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