Title: Pascal and disbelief : catechesis and conversion in the Pensées /
Authors: Wetsel, David, 1949-
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Pascal, Blaise,; Apologetics Early works to 1800; Libertines (French philosophers); Faith; Apologetics History
Contents: Avant-Propos / Philippe Sellier -- I. Pascal and the Unbelievers. Le Libertinage erudit. Two Cautious Skeptics: La Mothe le Vayer and Gabriel Naude. The Survival of the Radical Tradition: Covert Atheism and Clandestine Manuscripts. Pascal and Deism. "La Religion a la mode": The Popularization of Deist Ideas. Pascal and the Libertins erudits: A Reassessment. L'Honnete Homme -- II. Isaac de La Peyrere and the Discovery of Pre-Biblical Time. Du Rappel des Juifs. La Peyrere and the Problem of the Peoples of the New World. La Peyrere's Arrest and Conversion. The Systema theologicum ex prae Adamitarum hypothesi. La Peyrere's Critique of Genesis. Biblical History Versus the Deep Abyss of Time. La Peyrere and La Libre Pensee. La Peyrere and the Origins of Modern Biblical Criticism. La Peyrere's Rejection of the Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch. The Legacy of La Peyrere -- III. Pascal and the Non-Christian Religions. Pascal and Islam. Du Ryer's L'Alcoran. Pascal and Grotius.