Enlightenment, reawakening and revolution 1660-1815
By: editors, Stewart J. Brown and Timothy Tackett
Contributors: Brown, Stewart J. 1951-; Tackett, Timothy, 1945-
Series: The Cambridge history of Christianity -- v. 7
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 678
ISBN-13: 9780521816052
Subjects: Church history -- 17th century; Church history -- 18th century; Church history -- 19th century
Description: During the tumultuous period of world history from 1660 to 1815, three complex movements combined to bring a fundamental cultural reorientation to Europe and North America, and ultimately to the wider world. The Enlightenment transformed views of nature and of the human capacity to master nature. The religious reawakenings brought a revival of heart-felt, experiential Christianity. Finally revolution, the political and social upheavals of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, challenged established ideas of divine-right monarchies and divinely ordained social hierarchies, and promoted more democratic government, notions of human rights, and religious toleration. A new religious climate emerged, in which people were more likely to look to their own feelings and experiences for the basis of their faith. During this same period, Christianity spread widely around the world as a result of colonialism and missions, and responded in diverse ways to its encounters with other cultures and religious traditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 603-651) and index
Table of contents: title: Continental Catholic Europe / Nigel Aston; title: Continental Protestant Europe / Hartmut Lehmann; title: Great Britain and Ireland / J.C.D. Clark; title: The church in economy and society / Philip T. Hoffman; title: Catholic clergy in Europe / Mario Rosa; title: Protestant clergies in the European world / Andrew R. Holmes; title: Reaching audiences: sermons and oratory in Europe / Joris van Eijnatten; title: Christian education / Dominique Julia; title: Christianity and gender / Merry Wiesner-Hanks; title: Popular religion / Willem Frijhoff; title: Jewish-Christian relations / Frances Malino; title: Architecture and Christianity / Jean-Michel Leniaud; title: Christianity and the rise of science, 1660-1815 / Louis Châtellier; title: Enlightenment critique of Christianity / Margaret C. Jacob; title: Christian Enlightenment / Helena Rosenblatt; title: Jansenism and the international suppression of the Jesuits / Dale K. van Kley; title: Evangelical awakenings in the North Atlantic world / W.R. Ward; title: Toleration and movements of Christian reunion, 1660-1789 / James E. Bradley; title: Christianity in Iberian America / James D. Riley; title: British and French North America to 1765 / Mark A. Noll; title: Christianity in Africa / Lamin Sanneh; title: Christianity in south and south-east Asia / Charles J. Borges; title: Christianity in East Asia / R.G. Tiedemann; title: Christian encounters with other world religions / Andrew C. Ross; title: The American Revolution and religion, 1765-1815 / Martin E. Marty; title: Christianity and the campaign against slavery and the slave trade / Christopher Leslie Brown; title: The French Revolution and religion to 1794 / Timothy Tackett; title: The French Revolution and religion, 1795-1815 / Suzanne Desan; title: Movements of Christian awakening in revolutionary Europe, 1790-1815 / Stewart J. Brown