Author: Voltaire
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Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Mahomet the Impostor. A Tragedy. [In Verse. Adapted from the French of Voltaire, Acts I.-IV. by James Miller, Act V. by J. Hoadly. With a Dedicatory Epistle by Dorothy Miller.].
Author: Voltaire
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Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Pages : 70
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Mahomet the Impostor; a Tragedy
Author: Voltaire
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Pages : 0
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The Pillars of Priestcraft Shaken
Author: J. A. I. Champion
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521405362
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
First published in 1992, this book examines the intellectual confrontation between priest and Freethinker from 1660 to 1730, and the origins of the early phase of the Enlightenment in England. Through an analysis of the practice of historical writing in the period, Champion maintains that historical argument was a central component for displaying defences of true religion. Taking religion, and specifically defences of the Church of England after 1660, as central to the politics of the period, the first two chapters of the book explore the varieties of clericalist histories, arguing that there were rival emphases upon regnum or sacerdos as the font of true religion. The remainder of the book examines how radical Freethinkers like John Toland or the third Earl of Shaftesbury set about attacking the corrupt priestcraft of established religion, but also importantly promoted a reforming civil theology.
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521405362
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
First published in 1992, this book examines the intellectual confrontation between priest and Freethinker from 1660 to 1730, and the origins of the early phase of the Enlightenment in England. Through an analysis of the practice of historical writing in the period, Champion maintains that historical argument was a central component for displaying defences of true religion. Taking religion, and specifically defences of the Church of England after 1660, as central to the politics of the period, the first two chapters of the book explore the varieties of clericalist histories, arguing that there were rival emphases upon regnum or sacerdos as the font of true religion. The remainder of the book examines how radical Freethinkers like John Toland or the third Earl of Shaftesbury set about attacking the corrupt priestcraft of established religion, but also importantly promoted a reforming civil theology.
Mahomet the Impostor. A tragedy. By the Rev. Mr. Miller, etc. [Or rather, translated from Voltaire's play; acts 1-4 by James Miller, act 5 by John Hoadly.]
Author: Voltaire
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Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Pages : 54
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Mahomet (The Impostor)
Author: James Miller
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Languages : en
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Description: An adaptation of Voltaire's tragedy of the same name.
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Description: An adaptation of Voltaire's tragedy of the same name.
Mahomet the Impostor. A tragedy. In verse. Adapted from the French of Voltaire, acts I.-IV. by James Miller, act v. by J. Hoadly. With a dedicatory epistle by Dorothy Miller
Author: Voltaire
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Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Foreign Plays in English
Author: New York Public Library
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an
Author: Denise Spellberg
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307388395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of the story of American religious freedom—a drama in which Islam played a surprising role. In 1765, eleven years before composing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson bought a Qur’an. This marked only the beginning of his lifelong interest in Islam, and he would go on to acquire numerous books on Middle Eastern languages, history, and travel, taking extensive notes on Islam as it relates to English common law. Jefferson sought to understand Islam notwithstanding his personal disdain for the faith, a sentiment prevalent among his Protestant contemporaries in England and America. But unlike most of them, by 1776 Jefferson could imagine Muslims as future citizens of his new country. Based on groundbreaking research, Spellberg compellingly recounts how a handful of the Founders, Jefferson foremost among them, drew upon Enlightenment ideas about the toleration of Muslims (then deemed the ultimate outsiders in Western society) to fashion out of what had been a purely speculative debate a practical foundation for governance in America. In this way, Muslims, who were not even known to exist in the colonies, became the imaginary outer limit for an unprecedented, uniquely American religious pluralism that would also encompass the actual despised minorities of Jews and Catholics. The rancorous public dispute concerning the inclusion of Muslims, for which principle Jefferson’s political foes would vilify him to the end of his life, thus became decisive in the Founders’ ultimate judgment not to establish a Protestant nation, as they might well have done. As popular suspicions about Islam persist and the numbers of American Muslim citizenry grow into the millions, Spellberg’s revelatory understanding of this radical notion of the Founders is more urgent than ever. Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an is a timely look at the ideals that existed at our country’s creation, and their fundamental implications for our present and future.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307388395
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of the story of American religious freedom—a drama in which Islam played a surprising role. In 1765, eleven years before composing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson bought a Qur’an. This marked only the beginning of his lifelong interest in Islam, and he would go on to acquire numerous books on Middle Eastern languages, history, and travel, taking extensive notes on Islam as it relates to English common law. Jefferson sought to understand Islam notwithstanding his personal disdain for the faith, a sentiment prevalent among his Protestant contemporaries in England and America. But unlike most of them, by 1776 Jefferson could imagine Muslims as future citizens of his new country. Based on groundbreaking research, Spellberg compellingly recounts how a handful of the Founders, Jefferson foremost among them, drew upon Enlightenment ideas about the toleration of Muslims (then deemed the ultimate outsiders in Western society) to fashion out of what had been a purely speculative debate a practical foundation for governance in America. In this way, Muslims, who were not even known to exist in the colonies, became the imaginary outer limit for an unprecedented, uniquely American religious pluralism that would also encompass the actual despised minorities of Jews and Catholics. The rancorous public dispute concerning the inclusion of Muslims, for which principle Jefferson’s political foes would vilify him to the end of his life, thus became decisive in the Founders’ ultimate judgment not to establish a Protestant nation, as they might well have done. As popular suspicions about Islam persist and the numbers of American Muslim citizenry grow into the millions, Spellberg’s revelatory understanding of this radical notion of the Founders is more urgent than ever. Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an is a timely look at the ideals that existed at our country’s creation, and their fundamental implications for our present and future.
A Testimony for an Universal Church
Author: John FLEMING (of Airdrie.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 654
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Pages : 654
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Bibliotheca Orientalis
Author: Luzac &co
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Languages : en
Pages : 142
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