Enlightenment's Reformation

Religion and Philosophy in Germany, 1750–1830

Michael Printy (Yale University, Connecticut)

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Cambridge University Press
05 December 2024

European history; Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; History of religion; History of ideas

Series: Ideas in Context

How did we get from the religious core of the sixteenth-century Reformation to the notions of freedom popularised by Hegel and Ranke? Enlightenment's Reformation explores how two key cultural and intellectual achievements – the sixteenth-century Reformation and the late eighteenth-century birth of 'German' philosophy – became fused in public discussion over the course of the 'long' eighteenth century. Michael Printy argues that Protestant theologians and intellectuals recast the meaning of Protestantism as part of a wide-ranging cultural apology aimed at the twin threats of unbelief and deism on the one hand, and against Pietism and a nascent evangelical awakening on the other. The reimagining of the Reformation into a narrative of progress was powerful, becoming part of mainstream German intellectual culture in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Utilising Reformation history, Enlightenment history, and German philosophy, this book explores how the rich if unstable idea linking Protestantism and modern freedom came to dominate German intellectual culture until the First World War.

By: Michael Printy (Yale University Connecticut)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009494069
ISBN 10: 1009494066
Series: Ideas in Context
Pages: 284
Publication Date: 05 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Printy is the Librarian for Western European Humanities at Yale University Library, covering French, German, Italian, and European and British history. He teaches courses on the Enlightenment and on the History of Information. Previous publications include Enlightenment and the Creation of German Catholicism (Cambridge, 2009).