'Religion' and the Religions in the English Enlightenment by Peter Harrison (1990) [PDF] {VTS}

Title: 'Religion' and the Religions in the English Enlightenment
Author: Peter Harrison
Category: Academic
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (November 30, 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 052138530X
ISBN-13: 978-0521385305




Promotional info/Publisher's summary - "The origin of the modern perception of religion can be traced to the Enlightenment. This book shows how the concepts of "religion" and "the religions" arose from controversies in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England. The birth of "the religions," conceived of as sets of beliefs and practices, created a new science of religion in which the various "religions" could be studied and impartially compared. Harrison gives a detailed historical picture of the emergence of this concept and how it led to the discipline of comparative religion."

Review:
"Professor Harrison has produced a meticulously documented, systematically organized, and challenging monograph. His use of the printed literature and sources of the period is exemplary. Although a demanding exercise in intellectual history, this book is profoundly significant for scholars concerned with English religious thought." --Albion

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