LEADER 02750nam 2200565 450 001 9910797266803321 005 20230807215741.0 010 $a90-04-28816-3 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004288164 035 $a(CKB)3710000000417012 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2063825 035 $a(OCoLC)904036829$z(OCoLC)913851019 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004288164 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2063825 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11061960 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL792515 035 $a(OCoLC)910845385 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000417012 100 $a20150618h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAnti-atheism in early modern England 1580-1720 $ethe atheist answered and his error confuted /$fby Kenneth Sheppard 210 1$aLeiden, Netherlands ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cBrill,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (347 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aStudies in the History of Christian Traditions,$x1573-5664 ;$vVolume 176 311 $a90-04-26541-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary 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. 330 $aAtheists generated widespread anxieties between the Reformation and the Enlightenment. In response to such anxieties a distinct genre of religious apologetics emerged in England between 1580 and 1720. By examining the form and the content of the confutation of atheism, Anti-Atheism in Early Modern England demonstrates the prevalence of patterned assumptions and arguments about who an atheist was and what an atheist was supposed to believe, outlines and analyzes the major arguments against atheists, and traces the important changes and challenges to this apologetic discourse in the early Enlightenment. 410 0$aStudies in the history of Christian traditions ;$vVolume 176. 606 $aApologetics$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aAtheism$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aChristianity and atheism 607 $aEngland$xChurch history 615 0$aApologetics$xHistory. 615 0$aAtheism$xHistory. 615 0$aChristianity and atheism. 676 $a211.80942 700 $aSheppard$b Kenneth$01535400 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797266803321 996 $aAnti-atheism in early modern England 1580-1720$93783568 997 $aUNINA