Knowledge and Belief in America: Enlightenment . Shea, Huff Hardcover<|

Knowledge and Belief in AmericaEnlightenment Traditions and Modern Religious Thought\nAuthor(s): William M. Shea, Peter A. Huff\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521550116, 978-0521550116\nSynopsis\nThe Enlightenment values of individual autonomy, democracy, and secularizing reason conflict with the religious traditions of community, authority, and traditional learning. Yet in American history the two heritages have been intertwined since the colonial era: the development of the Enlightenment has been influenced by community-based thinking and religious institutions have adopted to an extent critical methods and a democratic ethos even within their own walls. This volume unites the work of a distinguished group of theologians, historians, literary critics, and philosophers to explore the interaction between Enlightenment ideals and American religion. The Enlightenment's effect on the major reli.