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Sep 2023
42m 56s

Enlightenment about the Enlightment(s)

ACTON INSTITUTE
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In this episode, Dr. John Pinheiro speaks with Dr. Joseph Stuart about the complexity of the European Enlightenments: namely, the most common misconceptions and the mistake made by Christian and secular scholars alike who see in the Enlightenments only a simplistic conflict between faith and reason.   Professor Stuart argues that Christians interacted with t ... Show More
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