'Religion' and the Religions in the English Enlightenment

Peter Harrison

Cambridge University Press, 2002

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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
9780521892933
ISBN-10
0521892937
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2002
Publication date
2002-05-02
Pages
288
Dimensions
152x229x24
Weight
444