At the Origins of Modern Atheism

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At the Origins of Modern Atheism

At the Origins of Modern Atheism

Name: At the Origins of Modern Atheism
ISBN: 9780300048971

Michael J. Buckley

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In this book, Michael J. Buckley investigates the rise of modern atheism, arguing convincingly that its roots reach back to the seventeenth century, when Catholic theologians began to call upon philosophy and science-rather than any intrinsically religious experience-to defend the existence of god. Buckley discusses in detail thinkers such as Lessius, Mersenne, Descartes, and Newton, who paved the way for the explicit atheism of Diderot and D'Holbach in the eighteenth century. "[A] capaciously learned and brilliantly written book....This is one of the most interesting and closely argued works on theology that i have read in the last decade."-Lawrence S. Cunningham, Theology Today

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Reference - Encyclopaedias

Year:

1990

Edition:

Revised ed.

Publisher:

Yale University Press

Language:

english

Pages:

253