Permanent Revolution

The Reformation and the Illiberal Roots of Liberalism

Nonfiction, History, Renaissance, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
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Author: James Simpson ISBN: 9780674240544
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: February 18, 2019
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: James Simpson
ISBN: 9780674240544
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: February 18, 2019
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

How did the English Reformation, with its illiberal, intolerant beginnings, lay the groundwork for the Enlightenment—free will, liberty of conscience, religious toleration, constitutionalism, and all the rest? In his provocative rewriting of the history of liberalism, James Simpson uncovers its unexpected debt to Protestant evangelicalism.

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How did the English Reformation, with its illiberal, intolerant beginnings, lay the groundwork for the Enlightenment—free will, liberty of conscience, religious toleration, constitutionalism, and all the rest? In his provocative rewriting of the history of liberalism, James Simpson uncovers its unexpected debt to Protestant evangelicalism.

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