Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. An Age of Suspicion -- 2. The Reformation and the Battle for Credulity -- 3. The Atheist's Comedy -- 4. The Puritan Atheist -- 5. Seeking and Losing Faith -- 6. The Abolition of God -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, MA
Harvard University Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Ryrie, Alec, 1971-, Unbelievers] (2021) (Hyman, Gavin, 1974 -)
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| Further subjects: | B
Faith
History
B Atheism (Europe) History B Reformation B Faith and reason Christianity History B Philosophy and religion (Europe) History B Atheism / RELIGION |
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| Summary: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. An Age of Suspicion -- 2. The Reformation and the Battle for Credulity -- 3. The Atheist's Comedy -- 4. The Puritan Atheist -- 5. Seeking and Losing Faith -- 6. The Abolition of God -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index Long before philosophers started making the case for atheism, powerful, affectively laden cultural currents were sowing doubt in Europe. Alec Ryrie looks to the history of the Reformation and argues that emotions-anger at priestly corruption and anxieties attending the erosion of time-honored certainties-were the handmaidens of atheism |
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| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 0674243269 |
| Access: | De Gruyter - Pilot project. eBook available to selected libraries only |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4159/9780674243262 |