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The Enlightenment

The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a social and intellectual movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was characterized by scepticism about authority and respect for the power of reason. Unsurprisingly, it resulted in a series of conflicts with religious authorities, particularly with the Catholic Church, and a reconceptualization of the understanding of God.
enlightenment, reason, tolerance, deism, scepticism
9789004290433
510-515
Brill
O'Hara, Kieron
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Segal, Robert A.
von Stuckrad, Kocku
O'Hara, Kieron
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Segal, Robert A.
von Stuckrad, Kocku

O'Hara, Kieron (2015) The Enlightenment. In, Segal, Robert A. and von Stuckrad, Kocku (eds.) Vocabulary for the Study of Religion Vol.1. Boston, US. Brill, pp. 510-515.

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The Enlightenment was a social and intellectual movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was characterized by scepticism about authority and respect for the power of reason. Unsurprisingly, it resulted in a series of conflicts with religious authorities, particularly with the Catholic Church, and a reconceptualization of the understanding of God.

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Published date: 10 December 2015
Keywords: enlightenment, reason, tolerance, deism, scepticism
Organisations: Web & Internet Science

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Local EPrints ID: 389545
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/389545
ISBN: 9789004290433
PURE UUID: c5f78a5a-fc6d-4bbd-9b57-6fca9596526e
ORCID for Kieron O'Hara: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9051-4456

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2016 09:01
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:09

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Author: Kieron O'Hara ORCID iD
Editor: Robert A. Segal
Editor: Kocku von Stuckrad

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