Early Modern Philosophy of Religion

Taylor & Francis

Encompassing the 16th to the 18th centuries, this volume charts the philosophical understanding of religion at a time of intellectual and spiritual revolution. > The early modern period in philosophy - encompassing the 16th to the 18th centuries - reflects a time of social and intellectual turmoil. The Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Counter-Reformation, and the birth of the Enlightenment all contributed to the re-evaluation of reason and faith. The revolution in science and in natural philosophy swept away two millennia of Aristotelian certainty in a human-centred universe. Covering some of the most important figures in the history of Western thought - notably Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant - \""Early Modern Philosophy of Religion\"" charts the philosophical understanding of religion at a time of intellectual and spiritual revolution. \""Early Modern Philosophy of Religion\"" will be of interest to historians and philosophers of religion, while also serving as an indisp.