Answering the Enlightenment; the Catholic recovery of historical revelation.9780824523640 Answering the Enlightenment Enlightenment, term applied to the mainstream of thought of 18th-century Europe and America. Background and Basic Tenets The scientific and intellectual developments of the 17th cent. ; the Catholic recovery of historical revelation. Kaplan Kaplan may refer to one of the following:
Herder & Herder Books 2006 230 pages $34.95 Paperback B802 Conventional wisdom holds that scientific veracities replaced religious superstitions at the dawn of the Enlightenment in the 17th century, and that the revival of religion in the late 20th century signals the decline of rational thought. Kaplan (religious studies, Loyola U., New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded ) thinks the story is a bit more nuanced than that, and explores the relationship between religion and the Enlightenment since the late 18th century. He argues that the intersection intersection /in·ter·sec·tion/ (-sek´shun) a site at which one structure crosses another. intersection a site at which one structure crosses another. can be found by looking at how critics of religion and post-Enlightenment defenders of religion confront the role of revelation. Herder and Herder is an imprint im·print tr.v. im·print·ed, im·print·ing, im·prints 1. To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure. 2. To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure. 3. of Crossroads Publishing Company. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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