Reason, Grace & Sentiment Volume 1

Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought

by Rivers

The period 1660-1780 saw major changes in the relationship between religion and ethics in English thought. In this first part of an important two-volume study, Isabel Rivers examines the rise of Anglican moral religion and the reactions against it expressed in nonconformity, dissent and Methodism.

Paperback

First published March 29, 1991

Reviews

[Shayda]

Rereading Rivers' take on Shaftesbury. IRONY and EQUIVOCATION for FREETHINKERS.