Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9780190232948
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
The most cherished values of modernity are unthinkable without the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. Equal rights, the growth of democracy, and the idea of perpetual progress stem from thinkers who lived 250 years ago but whose ideas are as attractive as ever. This book argues that while Catholic beliefs are commonly assumed to be at odds with modernity, most of the progressive reforms associated with the Enlightenment actually began to take shape during the Catholic Counter-Reformation two centuries earlier and were staunchly defended by enlightened Catholics during the eighteenth century. This is the forgotten story of a progressive Catholicism that actively engaged with the world. Although this mode of thought declined in the nineteenth century, it reemerged powerfully at and after Vatican II (1962-1965)
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190232917
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780190232917
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190232917.001.0001
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