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Religion and the Post-revolutionary Mind
2023
Overview
The French Revolution swept away the Old Regime along with many
of its ideas about epistemology, history, society, and politics. In
the intellectual ferment that followed, debates about religion
figured prominently as diverse thinkers grappled with the
philosophical and civil status of religion in a post-revolutionary
age. Arthur McCalla demonstrates the central place of religion in
the intellectual life of post-revolutionary France in Religion
and the Post-revolutionary Mind . Certain questions - What is
the nature of religion? Does society rest on religious foundations?
What ought to be the place of religion in society? - drew sustained
attention from across the political spectrum. Idéologues viewed
religion as error and sought to eradicate it through the promotion
of secular values. Catholic Traditionalists understood religion as
a body of revealed truths of supernatural origin that ought to be
authoritative in all aspects of life. Liberals sought to replace
Christian orthodoxy with a new public faith consonant with liberal
values. But these blocs were not monolithic, and McCalla reveals
the complexities of each one, as well as the dialogues and
rivalries among them. The categories established by the concepts of
religion these thinkers constructed continue to shape debates over
liberationist critiques, liberal pluralism, laïcité , and
political theology. The place of religion in civil society is again
a matter of urgent debate. Religion and the Post-revolutionary
Mind provides essential historical context for thinking about
the status of religion in the contemporary world.
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Subject
ISBN
0228016584, 9780228016588
