Unbelievers : an emotional history of doubt
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Cambridge, Mass The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2019].
Edition
First Harvard University Press edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages
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Published
Cambridge, Mass The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2019].
Format
Book
Edition
First Harvard University Press edition.
Street Date
1911
Language
English
UPC
2019026840
Notes
General Note
"First published in Great Britain in 2019 by William Collins"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Looking back to the crisis of the Reformation and beyond, Unbelievers shows how, long before philosophers started to make the case for atheism, powerful cultural currents were challenging traditional faith. These tugged in different ways not only on celebrated thinkers such as Machiavelli, Montaigne, Hobbes, and Pascal, but on men and women at every level of society whose voices we hear through their diaries, letters, and court records. Ryrie traces the roots of atheism born of anger, a sentiment familiar to anyone who has ever cursed a corrupt priest, and of doubt born of anxiety, as Christians discovered their faith was flimsier than they had believed. As the Reformation eroded time-honored certainties, Protestant radicals defended their faith by redefining it in terms of ethics. In the process they set in motion secularizing forces that soon became transformational. Unbelievers tells a powerful emotional history of doubt with potent lessons for our own angry and anxious age"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ryrie, A. (2019). Unbelievers: an emotional history of doubt (First Harvard University Press edition.). The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ryrie, Alec. 2019. Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ryrie, Alec. Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ryrie, Alec. Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt First Harvard University Press edition., The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.
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