Deism in Enlightenment England - Theology, Politics, and Newtonian Public Science

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at Dalhousie University Klappentext This is the first complete study of English deists as a group in several decades and it argues for a new interpretation of deism in the English Enlightenment. Zusammenfassung This is the first complete study of English deists as a group in several decades and it argues for a new interpretation of deism in the English Enlightenment. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The importance of deist theology1. The meaning of 1689: politics and theology, 1694-17002. The issue of succession: politics and theology, 1701-93. Matter, motion, and Newtonian public science, 1695-17144. The spectre of high-church: politics and theology, 1709-195. Matter, motion, and Newtonian public science, 1720-416. The age of Walpole: politics and theology, 1720-41Conclusion: Radical no moreBibliographyIndex

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• Authors: Wigelsworth, Jeffrey Wigelsworth, Jeffrey R Wigelsworth, Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2009
• EAN: 9780719078729
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7872-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain; Politics, Culture and Society; Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous