Permanent Revolution: The Reformation and the Illiberal Roots of Liberalism

by James Simpson

Book Overview

How did the Reformation, which initially promoted decidedly illiberal positions, end up laying the groundwork for Western liberalism?

The English Reformation began as an evangelical movement driven by an unyielding belief in predestination, intolerance, stringent literalism, political quietism, and destructive iconoclasm. Yet by 1688, this illiberal early modern upheaval would deliver the foundations of liberalism: free will, liberty...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674987136
• ISBN13: 9780674987135
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"