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Berruyer's Bible : Public Opinion and the Politics of Enlightenment Catholicism in France.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion SeriesPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (345 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780228007869
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Berruyer's BibleDDC classification:
  • 230.092
LOC classification:
  • BR846 .W385 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Berruyer's Bible -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 French Jesuits and the Enlightenment -- 2 The Problem of Innovation -- 3 The Berruyer Affair -- 4 From Ink to Ashes -- 5 The Suppression -- 6 A Bible for a Post-Revolutionary Age -- Conclusion: From Enlightenment to Romantic Catholicism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Berruyer's Bible offers a fresh perspective on the history of the Catholic Enlightenment. By exploring the rise and fall of the French Jesuit Isaac-Joseph Berruyer's Histoire du peuple de Dieu, Daniel Watkins reveals how Catholic attempts to assimilate Enlightenment ideas caused conflicts within the church and between the church and the French state.
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Cover -- Berruyer's Bible -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 French Jesuits and the Enlightenment -- 2 The Problem of Innovation -- 3 The Berruyer Affair -- 4 From Ink to Ashes -- 5 The Suppression -- 6 A Bible for a Post-Revolutionary Age -- Conclusion: From Enlightenment to Romantic Catholicism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Berruyer's Bible offers a fresh perspective on the history of the Catholic Enlightenment. By exploring the rise and fall of the French Jesuit Isaac-Joseph Berruyer's Histoire du peuple de Dieu, Daniel Watkins reveals how Catholic attempts to assimilate Enlightenment ideas caused conflicts within the church and between the church and the French state.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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