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The religious innatism debate in early modern Britain : intellectual change beyond Locke / R.J.W. Mills.

9783030843236 (electronic bk.)
3030843238 (electronic bk.)
9783030843229
303084322X

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]

©2021

English

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10.1007/978-3-030-84323-6 doi

BL183 .M55 2021

210.94109032

This book demonstrates that the common belief that humanity is naturally disposed to religion did not disappear with the emergence of the Enlightenment. Going beyond a narrow focus on John Lockes empiricism, this vivid analysis reconstructs the vociferous, multivocal debate over the natural origins of religious belief in England and Scotland between c. 1650 and c. 1750. It enriches our understanding through examining hundreds of discussions of the relationship between human nature and religion, from a variety of genres and contexts. It shows that belief in religious innatism was a ubiquitous and enduring claim about human nature across the continuum of Christian thought in early modern Britain, and one deployed for a variety of reasons. While the doctrine of innate religious ideas did fall out of use, the belief that human nature was framed for religion continued in new forms into the eighteenth century. R.J.W. Mills is an independent scholar based in London, UK. He was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Queen Mary University of London and previously held Teaching Fellowships at Kings College London and University College London.

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