Miracles in Enlightenment England
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: November 13, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780300112726
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800; Religion; Inspirational; Miraculous Phenomena; Religion / General; General; 17th century; Doctrines; England; History; Miracles; Protestant churches
Description: "The Enlightenment, considered an age of rationalism, is not normally associated with miracles. In this book, however, Jane Shaw presents accounts of inscrutable miracles that occurred to ordinary worshippers in early modern England. She considers the reactions of intellectuals, scientists and physicians to these miraculous events, and through them explores the relations between popular and elite culture of the time."--BOOK JACKET.