Religion and Public Doctrine in Modern England: Vol 2. Assaults (Cambridge Studies in the History & Theory of Politics) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Religion and Public Doctrine in Modern England: Vol 2. Assaults (Cambridge Studies in the History & Theory of Politics) Book

A two volume work on the history of the national consciousness of England since 1840. Analyzes the ideas of the most influential thinkers of the last century and a half who have shaped the framework of thought accepted by those involved in public action.Read More

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    In Volume 1 of Religion and Public Doctrine in Modern England, Maurice Cowling defined the principles according to which the intellectual history of modern England should be written and argued that the history of Christianity was of primary importance. In this volume, which is self-contained, he makes a further contribution to understanding the role which Christianity has played in modern English thought. The book is unusual in its concentration on argument. Cowling relates Christian argument to secular argument and secular argument to Christian argument, discussing Tractarianism and Ultramontanism in the context of secular humanism and pessimistic illusionlessness, and vice versa. The roles of science and history are discussed. The book is given coherence by the connected ideas of the ubiquity of religion, of literature as an instrument of religious indoctrination, and of the intimacy of the connections between the political, philosophical, literary and religious assumptions that are to be found among the leaders of the English intelligentsia.

  • 0521259592
  • 9780521259590
  • Maurice Cowling
  • 28 November 1985
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 404
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