British views on religion and religions in the age of William and Mary Export

@article{citeulike:5098866, abstract = {The article provides a glimpse into the antecedents of the modern study of religion and religions by outlining the extent and variety of the different attitudes to other religions that are to be found in works published in Britain around the last decade of the seventeenth century. After noting the character of the contemporary debate about reason, religious belief and revelation that provides the background to many of the references to other religions and that significantly moulds their content, the article considers, in turn, the style and range of references to other religions, views on so-called "natural religion" and on the universality of religious belief, and the ways in which Judaism and Islam were treated. The article closes with some remarks on what this material suggests about the motive, source materials and method involved in the study of religion.}, author = {Pailin, David A.}, citeulike-article-id = {5098866}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157006894X00181}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/mtsr/1994/00000006/00000001/art00018}, comment = {Peter Harrison's response: see 'sn.im/mgeof':http://sn.im/mgeof ---=note-separator=--- Ordered via ILL 7/9/2009}, doi = {10.1163/157006894X00181}, issn = {0943-3058}, journal = {Method \& Theory in the Study of Religion}, keywords = {early\_modern, england, enlightenment, equinoxpub, history, pluralism, religion}, number = {1}, pages = {349--375}, posted-at = {2009-07-09 21:21:17}, priority = {2}, publisher = {BRILL}, title = {British views on religion and religions in the age of William and Mary}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157006894X00181}, volume = {6}, year = {1994} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5098866 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5098866 N2 - The article provides a glimpse into the antecedents of the modern study of religion and religions by outlining the extent and variety of the different attitudes to other religions that are to be found in works published in Britain around the last decade of the seventeenth century. After noting the character of the contemporary debate about reason, religious belief and revelation that provides the background to many of the references to other religions and that significantly moulds their content, the article considers, in turn, the style and range of references to other religions, views on so-called "natural religion" and on the universality of religious belief, and the ways in which Judaism and Islam were treated. The article closes with some remarks on what this material suggests about the motive, source materials and method involved in the study of religion. IS - 1 JF - Method & Theory in the Study of Religion SN - 0943-3058 EP - 375 TI - British views on religion and religions in the age of William and Mary PB - BRILL VL - 6 SP - 349 KW - early_modern KW - england KW - enlightenment KW - equinoxpub KW - history KW - pluralism KW - religion N1 - Peter Harrison's response: see 'sn.im/mgeof':http://sn.im/mgeof N1 - Ordered via ILL 7/9/2009 AU - Pailin, David PY - 1994/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157006894X00181 ER -