The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism

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The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism is a major historical study by Peter Gay that interprets the Enlightenment as a transformative, secularizing movement that challenged traditional religious authority and laid foundations for modern Western thought.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
historical study ⓘ
academicDiscipline history ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ
analyzes criticism of religious orthodoxy ⓘ
emergence of modern secular culture ⓘ
philosophes ⓘ
author Peter Gay ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describes Enlightenment as a challenge to traditional religious authority ⓘ
Enlightenment as a secularizing movement ⓘ
Enlightenment as foundation of modern Western thought ⓘ
focusesOn European intellectuals of the 18th century ⓘ
critique of Christianity ⓘ
relationship between reason and faith ⓘ
rise of secular values ⓘ
followedBy The Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom ⓘ
genre history of ideas ⓘ
intellectual history ⓘ
hasPerspective liberal ⓘ
secular ⓘ
hasTitle The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism ⓘ
influenced later studies of the Enlightenment ⓘ
influencedBy tradition of liberal historiography ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Enlightenment ⓘ
intellectual history of the 18th century ⓘ
modern Western thought ⓘ
religion and Enlightenment ⓘ
secularization ⓘ
notableFor emphasis on secular and anti-clerical currents ⓘ
reinterpretation of the Enlightenment as modern paganism ⓘ
shaping 20th-century understanding of the Enlightenment ⓘ
partOf The Enlightenment: An Interpretation ⓘ
publicationPeriod 20th century ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
setInPeriod 18th century Europe ⓘ
targetAudience general readers interested in intellectual history ⓘ
scholars ⓘ
students ⓘ
workType single-author monograph ⓘ

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Peter Gay → notableWork → The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism ⓘ
The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism → hasTitle → The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism ⓘ
Peter Joachim Fröhlich → notableWork → The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism ⓘ
The Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom → prequel → The Enlightenment: An Interpretation, Volume 1: The Rise of Modern Paganism ⓘ
linked to: The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism