Overview

The history of the relation between religion and Enlightenment has been virtually rewritten In recent decades. The idea of a fairly unidirectional ‘rise of paganism’, or ‘secularisation’, has been replaced by a much more variegated panorama of interlocking changes—not least in the nature of both religion and rationalism. This volume explores developments in various cultural fields—from lexicology to geographical exploration, and from philosophy and history to theology, media and the arts—involved in the transformation of worldviews in the decades around 1700. The main focus is on the Dutch Republic, where discussion culture was more inclusive than in most other countries, and where people from very different walks of life joined the conversation. Contributors include: Wiep van Bunge, Frank Daudeij, Martin Gierl, Albert Gootjes, Trudelien van ‘t Hof, Jonathan Israel, Henri Krop, Fred van Lieburg, Jaap Nieuwstraten, Joke Spaans, Jetze Touber, and Arthur Weststeijn.

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Author:   Joke Spaans ,  Jetze Touber
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   297
Weight:   0.738kg
ISBN:  

9789004298927

ISBN 10:   9004298924
Pages:   378
Publication Date:   11 April 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations About the Authors Introduction: Enlightened Religion: From Confessional Churches to Polite Piety in the Dutch Republic  Joke Spaans and Jetze Touber PART 1: Trends 1 From Religion in the Singular to Religions in the Plural: 1700, a Faultline in the Conceptual History of Religion  Henri Krop 2 Tracing the Human Past: The Art of Writing Between Human Ingenuity and Divine Agency in Early Modern World History  Jetze Touber 3 Colonies of Concord: Religious Escapism and Experimentation in Dutch Overseas Expansion, ca. 1650–1700  Arthur Weststeijn 4 Negotiating Ideas: The Communicative Constitution of Pietist Theology within the Lutheran Church  Martin Gierl 5 The Collegie der Sçavanten: A Seventeenth-Century Cartesian Scholarly Society in Utrecht  Albert Gootjes part 2: Individuals 6 “Let no citizen be treated as lesser, because of his confession”: Religious Tolerance and Civility in De Hooghe’s Spiegel van Staat (1706–7)  Frank Daudeij 7 The Power of Custom and the Question of Religious Toleration in the Works of Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn (1612–1653): An Investigation into the Sources of the Transformation of Religion around 1700  Jaap Nieuwstraten 8 Romeyn de Hooghe’s Hieroglyphica: An Ambivalent Lexicographical History of Religion  Trudelien van ’t Hof 9 Popularizing Radical Ideas in the Dutch Art World of the Early Eighteenth Century: Willem Goeree (1635–1711) and Arnold Houbraken (1660–1719)  Jonathan Israel 10 Bayle’s Skepticism Revisited  Wiep van Bunge 11 Between the Catechism and the Microscope: The World of Johannes Duijkerius  Joke Spaans 12 Warning against the Pietists: The World of Wilhelmus à Brakel  Fred van Lieburg Index

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The volume focuses on developments in the Dutch Republic at the turn of the eighteenth century, a society unique for its tolerance both of a wide variety of confessions and of radical philosophical ideas [...] these trends helped contribute to a new kind of Protestantism in the Enlightenment, where Protestant believers of all kinds were redefining how their beliefs could coexist in a time and place of growing possibility and knowledge. These essays will be valuable reading for scholars interested in the continuing evolution of the various Protestant Christianities in the post-Reformation era. Christine Kooi, Louisiana State University. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 71, No. 1 (2020), p. 197.

Valuable reading for scholars interested in the continuing evolution of the various Protestant Christianities in the post-Reformation era. Christine Kooi, Louisiana State University. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 71, No. 1 (2020), p. 197.

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Joke Spaans, Ph.D. (1989, Leiden University), is Associate Professor for the history of Christianity at Utrecht University. She publishes on early modern Dutch religious history — her most recent monograph is Graphic Satire and Religious Change, The Dutch Republic 1676-1707 (Brill, 2011). Jetze Touber, Ph.D. (2009, Groningen University), is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of History, Ghent University. He has published on the interrelations between religion, scholarship and science in early modern Europe, including the monograph Spinoza and Biblical Philology in the Dutch Republic (1660-1710) (Oxford University Press, 2018).

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