David A. Hollinger
Auteur de The American Intellectual Tradition, A Sourcebook: Volume I, 1630-1865
A propos de l'auteur
David A. Hollinger is the Preston Hotchkis Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.
Crédit image: University of California Berkeley
Œuvres de David A. Hollinger
The American Intellectual Tradition, A Sourcebook: Volume I, 1630-1865 (1989) — Directeur de publication — 185 exemplaires
The American Intellectual Tradition, A Sourcebook: Volume II, 1865 to the Present (1989) — Directeur de publication — 177 exemplaires
Protestants Abroad: How Missionaries Tried to Change the World but Changed America (2017) 40 exemplaires
Christianity's American Fate: How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular (2022) 28 exemplaires
After Cloven Tongues of Fire: Protestant Liberalism in Modern American History (2013) 26 exemplaires
The American Intellectual Tradition: a Sourcebook [set] (1989) — Directeur de publication — 23 exemplaires
Cosmopolitanism and Solidarity: Studies in Ethnoracial, Religious, and Professional Affiliation in the United States… (2006) 5 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
The Free Speech Movement: Reflections on Berkeley in the 1960s (2002) — Contributeur — 41 exemplaires
The Cambridge History of Science, Volume 7: The Modern Social Sciences (1991) — Contributeur — 41 exemplaires
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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.… (plus d'informations)