Modernity as Temptation: Compromise inthe Reaction of New Religious Ideas in the Enlightenment

FAIN: FS-10258-76

Yale University (New Haven, CT 06510-1703)
Hans W. Frei (Project Director: January 1976 to present)

A study of seven 18th century religious thinkers who appropriated radical doubts into a traditional framework. The study will test contemporary theories about the process of modernization in religion, and explore differences between the experiences of Germany, England, and New England.