The moral culture of the Scottish Enlightenment, 1690-1805 / Thomas Ahnert.

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Ahnert, Thomas [author.]

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TextSeries: Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and historyPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (216 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780300153811
0300153813

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Moral culture of the Scottish Enlightenment, 1690-1805DDC classification:

941.106 23

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B1302.E65 A36 2014

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Contents:

Introduction : religion, morality, and enlightenment -- Presbyterianism in Scotland after 1690 -- Conduct and doctrine -- Moderatism -- Orthodoxy -- Conclusion : moderates in the late Enlightenment.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : religion, morality, and enlightenment -- Presbyterianism in Scotland after 1690 -- Conduct and doctrine -- Moderatism -- Orthodoxy -- Conclusion : moderates in the late Enlightenment.

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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.

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