Unbelievers : An Emotional History of Doubt / Alec Ryrie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryrie, Alec, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atheism--Europe--History.

Atheism.

Faith and reason--Christianity--History.

Faith and reason.

Faith--History.

Faith.

Philosophy and religion--Europe--History.

Philosophy and religion.

Reformation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-674-24326-9

OCLC:

1143832802