Modern Infidels, Conscientious Fools, and the Douglas Affair: The Orthodox Rhetoric of Conscience in the Scottish Enlightenment

The article looks at the orthodox rhetoric of conscience as it appeared during opposition to the play "Douglas" by John Home and in the controversy over church patronage. It mentions about key figures John Witherspoon and Lord Dreghorn, as they were the leading orthodox pamphleteers agains...

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Main Author: Daniel, Dafydd Mills 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press [2020]
In: The journal of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 100, Issue: 3, Pages: 327-360
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Home, John 1722-1808, Douglas / Witherspoon, John 1723-1794 / MacLaurin, John 1734-1796
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBF British Isles
Further subjects:B CLARKE, Samuel, 1675-1729
B Church
B DOUGLAS (Play)
B HOME, John, 1722-1808
B Pamphleteers
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