Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVOLUME VI
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part One Migrations and Encounters
- Part Two Trade, Exchange, and Production
- Part Three Religion and Religious Change
- 13 The scholarly discovery of religion in early modern times
- 14 Christianity in Europe and overseas
- 15 Islam in the early modern world
- 16 Religious change in East Asia
- Part Four Questions of Method
- Index
- References
13 - The scholarly discovery of religion in early modern times
from Part Three - Religion and Religious Change
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVOLUME VI
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part One Migrations and Encounters
- Part Two Trade, Exchange, and Production
- Part Three Religion and Religious Change
- 13 The scholarly discovery of religion in early modern times
- 14 Christianity in Europe and overseas
- 15 Islam in the early modern world
- 16 Religious change in East Asia
- Part Four Questions of Method
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter focuses on the conception of religion and on the new vistas for a comparative study of the religions of the world, vistas opened up by a number of early modern scholars, both Catholics and Protestants. The early modern transformation of the late medieval conception of religion was due, first of all, to the dramatic change of scale in the contacts between cultures and civilizations, which to a great extent had had until then very limited relations, if at all. The early modern study of religion is no exception to this rule. Its close connection to the critique of Christianity, by both Catholic and Protestant practitioners, is too obvious to need elaboration. What is less obvious, however, is the fact that this new science was born from the relationship between Catholic and Protestant intellectuals. The paradigm shift entailed the passage from a subjective to an objective approach to religion.
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