Burson, The Rise And Fall Of Theological Enlightenment - Jean-Marin De Prades And Ideological Polarization In Eighteenth-Century France

Abstract

     The intellectual, political, and religious upheavals of eighteenth-century France swept up individuals into maelstroms that carried them to fame or destroyed their lives. Such was the case with an otherwise little known theology student named Jean-Martin de Prades. Jeffrey Burson explores the controversy and political intrigue surrounding Prades' thesis, presented to the Sorbonne, as a telling event in the battle for the Gallican Church during the Enlightenment.