| Anti-Atheism in Early Modern England 1580-1720: The Atheist Answered and His Error Confuted Contributor(s): Sheppard (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004265414 ISBN-13: 9789004265417 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Renaissance - Religion | Atheism - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 211.8 |
| LCCN: 2015009783 |
| Series: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (1.45 lbs) 348 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Atheists generated widespread anxieties between the Reformation and the Enlightenment. In response to such anxieties a distinct genre of religious apologetics emerged in England between 1580 and 1720. By examining the form and the content of the confutation of atheism, Anti-Atheism in Early Modern England demonstrates the prevalence of patterned assumptions and arguments about who an atheist was and what an atheist was supposed to believe, outlines and analyzes the major arguments against atheists, and traces the important changes and challenges to this apologetic discourse in the early Enlightenment. |