The Moral Culture of the Scottish Enlightenment
Subtitle: 1690-1805
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Jan 27, 2015
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780300153804
Description: In the Enlightenment it was often argued that moral conduct was the true measure of religious belief. Thomas Ahnert argues that this 'enlightened' emphasis on conduct in religion relied less on arguments from reason alone than has been believed. In fact, Scottish Enlightenment champions advocated a practical programme of 'moral culture', in which revealed religion was of central importance. Tracing this to theological controversies going back as far as the Reformation, he presents a new point of departure for scholars interested in the intersection of religion and Enlightenment.
Notes: Source title: The Moral Culture of the Scottish Enlightenment: 1690-1805 (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History)