Glory, jest and riddle
Subtitle: religious thought in the Enlightenment
By: James Byrne.
Publisher: SCM Press; Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Religious thought -- Europe -- History -- 18th century.; Enlightenment -- History.
Description: "The aim of this new text book is to situate Enlightenment ideas in context, to show the concerns which gave rise to them and to point out their consequences - which were far-reaching and tied to practical concerns. After two chapters which give a historical account of the period the focus turns to the main figures - Descartes, Pascal, Rousseau and Kant - along with considerations of the rise of deism and the shift from scepticism to atheism. There is also an account of the impact that science began to have on religion."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-247) and index.

Includes bibliographical references.