'Religion' and the Religions in the English Enlightenment

Peter Harrison

Cambridge University Press, 1990

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This book shows how the concept of 'religion' and 'the religions' arose out of controversies in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England. The birth of 'the religions', conceived to be sets of beliefs and practices, enabled the establishment of a new science of religion in which the various 'religions' were studied and impartially compared.

ISBN-13
9780521385305
ISBN-10
052138530X
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1990
Publication date
1990-11-30
Pages
288
Dimensions
235x160x25
Weight
530