Rational Dissenters in Late Eighteenth-Century England: 'An Ardent Desire of Truth'

by Valerie Smith

Rational Dissent was a branch of Protestant religious nonconformity which emerged to prominence in England between c. 1770 and c. 1800. Based on the sole study of the Scriptures and the application of individual reasoning to understanding the word of God, Rational Dissent rejected the role and authority of Anglican priests but also stood apart from Orthodox Dissent in its denial of the Trinity and Original Sin, arguing that these concepts were 'irrational'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783275669
• ISBN13: 9781783275663
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"