| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in modern British religious history ; volume 40 |
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Studies in modern British religious history ; v. 40.
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| Contents |
Frontcover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Dates -- Introduction: Hanoverian Civil Religion and its Intellectual Resources -- 1. Building Athens from Jerusalem: Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury -- 2. The Politics of Priestcraft: John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon -- 3. The Church-State Alliance: Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, and William Warburton -- 4. The Civil Faith of Common Sense: David Hume -- 5. The Legacy of Ancient Rome: Edward Gibbon and Conyers Middleton |
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6. Subscription, Reform, and Dissent: Civil Religion and Enlightened Divinity during the Late Eighteenth Century -- Conclusion: Hanoverian Civil Religion and its Aftermath -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This innovative book reveals how Enlightened writers in England, both lay and clerical, proclaimed public support for Christianity by transforming it into a civil religion, despite the famous claim of Jean-Jacques Rousseau that Christians professed an uncivil faith |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 24, 2020) |
| Subject |
Civil religion -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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Enlightenment -- Great Britain
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HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837).
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Civil religion
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Enlightenment
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781787448476 |
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1787448479 |
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