Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth

Deism in Enlightenment England

Theology, politics, and Newtonian public science

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first complete study of English deists as a group in several decades and it argues for a new interpretation of deism in the English Enlightenment. While there have been many recent studies of the deist John Toland, the writings of other contemporary deists have been forgotten. With extensive analysis of lesser known figures such as Anthony Collins, Matthew Tindal, Thomas Chub, and Thomas Morgan, in addition to unique insights into Toland, "Deism in Enlightenment England" offers a much broader assessment of what deism entailed in the eighteenth century. Readers will see how previous interpretations of English deists, which place these figures on an irreligious trajectory leading towards modernity, need to be revised. This book uses deists to address a number of topics and themes in English history and will be of particular interest to scholars of Enlightenment history, history of science, theology and politics, and the early modern era.

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A study of English deists that offers an analysis of less known figures such as Anthony Collins, Matthew Tindal, Thomas Chubb, and Thomas Morgan. It offers illustrates how a specific deist conception of God provided the link between deists' political and natural philosophy even in people who have been mistakenly labelled as godless.

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Produktdetails

• Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780719078729
• ISBN-10: 0719078725
• Artikelnr.: 25078836

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey R. Wigelsworth is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at Dalhousie University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The importance of deist theology 1. The meaning of 1689: politics and theology
1694-1700 2. The issue of succession: politics and theology
1701-9 3. Matter
motion
and Newtonian public science
1695-1714 4. The spectre of high-church: politics and theology
1709-19 5. Matter
motion
and Newtonian public science
1720-41 6. The age of Walpole: politics and theology
1720-41 Conclusion: Radical no more Bibliography Index