Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt

by Alec Ryrie

Book Overview

"How has unbelief come to dominate so many Western societies? The usual account invokes the advance of science and rational knowledge. Ryrie's alternative, in which emotions are the driving force, offers new and interesting insights into our past and present."--Charles Taylor, author of A Secular Age

The award-winning author of Protestants offers a new vision of the birth of the secular age, looking to the feelings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674241827
• ISBN13: 9780674241824
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.3"