02783nam 2200577 450 991046115140332120200909225244.090-04-28816-310.1163/9789004288164(CKB)3710000000417012(MiAaPQ)EBC2063825(OCoLC)904036829(OCoLC)913851019(nllekb)BRILL9789004288164(Au-PeEL)EBL2063825(CaPaEBR)ebr11061960(CaONFJC)MIL792515(OCoLC)910845385(EXLCZ)99371000000041701220150618h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAnti-atheism in early modern England 1580-1720 the atheist answered and his error confuted /by Kenneth SheppardLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill,2015.©20151 online resource (347 pages) illustrationsStudies in the History of Christian Traditions,1573-5664 ;Volume 17690-04-26541-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Anxieties About Atheism -- The Atheist Answered and His Error Confuted -- Atheist Epicurus -- Anti-Atheist Plato -- Atheism and Apostasy -- Atheism and Society -- Atheism and Happiness -- From Confutation to Criticism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.Atheists generated widespread anxieties between the Reformation and the Enlightenment. In response to such anxieties a distinct genre of religious apologetics emerged in England between 1580 and 1720. By examining the form and the content of the confutation of atheism, Anti-Atheism in Early Modern England demonstrates the prevalence of patterned assumptions and arguments about who an atheist was and what an atheist was supposed to believe, outlines and analyzes the major arguments against atheists, and traces the important changes and challenges to this apologetic discourse in the early Enlightenment.Studies in the history of Christian traditions ;Volume 176.ApologeticsEnglandHistoryAtheismEnglandHistoryChristianity and atheismEnglandChurch historyElectronic books.ApologeticsHistory.AtheismHistory.Christianity and atheism.211.80942Sheppard Kenneth943070MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461151403321Anti-atheism in early modern England 1580-17202128139UNINA