Religion and the Age of "Patriot" Revolutions: Rethinking the 18^th Century

Dale K. Van Kley, Professor of History at Ohio State University, is a distinguished scholar of early modern Europe and of the French Revolution. He is the author of several works, including The Religious Origins of the French Revolution: from Calvin to the Civil Constitution, 1560-1791 (Yale University Press, 1996), editor of The French Idea of Freedom: the Old Regime and the Declaration of Rights of 1789 (Stanford University Press, 1994) and co-editor (with James E. Bradley) of Religion and Politics in Enlightenment Europe (University of Notre Dame Press, 2001).

Professor Van Kley’s work argues that religion, including its divisions, its discourse and its desires, so permeated and shaped the Enlightenment in general and French Revolution in particular, that political history cannot be understood without attending to its formative role.

Panelists will include:
C.Thomas McIntire, Professor of History and Religion, University of Toronto
Robert Sweetman, Senior Member in the History of Philosophy, ICS
Richard Greydanus, ICS Junior Member in History of Philosophy

Friday March 16^th, 2007, 5:00 pm
Institute for Christian Studies
229 College St, 2nd Floor

Refreshments will be provided