David A. Hollinger
Autor de The American Intellectual Tradition, A Sourcebook: Volume I, 1630-1865
Sobre El Autor
David A. Hollinger is the Preston Hotchkis Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.
Créditos de la imagen: University of California Berkeley
Obras de David A. Hollinger
The American Intellectual Tradition, A Sourcebook: Volume II, 1865 to the Present (1989) — Editor — 177 copias
Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular (2022) 28 copias
Obras relacionadas
The Cambridge History of Science, Volume 7: The Modern Social Sciences (1991) — Contribuidor — 41 copias
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The Enlightenment is such second nature to the author, so much like breathing air, that it is utterly impossible for him to imagine what it is like to be one of his conservative Christian enemies, much less credit their positions with any value or even good faith. For contrast, you could consider someone like Peter Brown, who is an atheist but able to penetrate deeply and sympathetically into the mental world of his early Christian subjects.
For Hollinger, there is never any doubt about who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. That said, the book is engrossing, thought-provoking and a pleasure to read.… (más)