Enlightenment Reformation

In surveying the history of  the Hutchinsonian intellectual movement, this title explores the controversies in and around religion that sat at the very centre of the Enlightenment period in Britain. Integrating the various aspects of Hutchinsonianism that together help to define the movement, this book firstly critiques the existing historiography on the subject and secondly provides an overview of the movement’s thought, growth and downfall. It offers a fascinating perspective on the role of religion, science and ecclesiastical history in eighteenth-century thought and will be valuable reading for scholars working in intellectual and cultural history.