Civil Religion and the Enlightenment in England, 1707-1800

14 May

In this episode, Katherine East speaks with Dr Ashley Walsh about his new book Civil Religion and the Enlightenment in England, 1707-1800 (CUP, 2020). In this book, Walsh reveals how Enlightened writers in England, both lay and clerical, proclaimed public support for Christianity by transforming it into a civil religion, despite the famous claim of Jean-Jacques Rousseau that Christians professed an uncivil faith. Dr Ashley Walsh is Lecturer in Early Modern History at Cardiff University.

Ashley Walsh

Lasse Andersen

Civil Religion and the Enlightenment in England, 1707-1800

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