Berruyer's Bible : public opinion and the politics of enlightenment Catholicism in France /

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"The French Jesuit Isaac-Joseph Berruyer's Histoire du peuple de Dieu was an ambitious attempt to connect the ideas of the Enlightenment with the theology of the Catholic Church. A paraphrase of the Bible written in vernacular French, the Histoire promoted progress, the pursuit of happines...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Watkins, Daniel J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
Series:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. 89.
Subjects:
Berruyer, Isaac-Joseph, > 1681-1758. > Histoire du peuple de Dieu.
Catholic Church > France > Public opinion > History > 18th century.
Jesuits > France > History > 18th century.
Église catholique > France > Opinion publique > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Catholic Church
Jesuits
Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > France > History > 18th century.
Bible > Critique, interprétation, etc. > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Histoire du peuple de Dieu (Berruyer, Isaac-Joseph)
Bible
1700-1799
Censorship > France > Religious aspects > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment > France.
Church and state > France > History > 18th century.
Censure > France > Aspect religieux > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > France.
Église et État > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY / Europe / France
Censorship > Religious aspects
Church and state
Enlightenment
Intellectual life
Public opinion
France > Church history > 18th century.
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
France > Histoire religieuse > 18e siècle.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
France
Censorship > Religious aspects
Christian Theology
Europe
History
Religion
Church history
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • French Jesuits and the Enlightenment
  • The Problem of Innovation
  • The Berruyer Affair
  • From Ink to Ashes
  • The Suppression
  • A Bible for a Post-Revolutionary Age
  • Conclusion: From Enlightenment to Romantic Catholicism.

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