Unbelievers An Emotional History of Doubt |
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| Author:
| Ryrie, Alec |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-24326-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2019 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $21.00USD $49.00 |
Book Description:
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Long before philosophers started making the case for atheism, powerful, affectively laden cultural currents were sowing doubt in Europe. Alec Ryrie looks to the history of the Reformation and argues that emotions--anger at priestly corruption and anxieties attending the erosion of time-honored certainties--were the handmaidens of atheism.
Long before philosophers started making the case for atheism, powerful, affectively laden cultural currents were sowing doubt in Europe. Alec Ryrie looks to the history of the Reformation and argues that emotions--anger at priestly corruption and anxieties attending the erosion of time-honored certainties--were the handmaidens of atheism.