The Catholic Enlightenment: A Global Anthology

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The Catholic Enlightenment: A Global Anthology presents readers with accessible, translated selections from the writings of fifteen major Catholic Enlightenment authors. These early modern authors include women, priests, lay intellectuals, and bishops. Twelve of these figures are being brought into English for the first time. The purpose of the volume is to provide students, scholars, and interested non-specialists with a single point of departure to delve into the primary sources of the Catholic Enlightenment. This anthology shows the geographical and intellectual diversity of the Catholic Enlightenment, while also demonstrating significant threads of commonality in intellectual orientation. One strength of this volume is the geographical spread of the figures considered. Included are Catholic thinkers from England, the United States, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, France, Portugal, and the Italian and German-speaking lands. Another strength of this volume is the breadth of subject matter treated – it features pastoral letters, mystical tracts, pedagogical treatises, political manifestos, and theological works. These texts elucidate Catholic Enlightenment views on topics such as the history of women's education, liturgy and devotions, and the relationship between church and state. The co-editors, Ulrich Lehner and Shaun Blanchard, have assembled a team of international scholars from Europe and the Americas for this exciting project. Lehner is one of the central scholars behind the renewed interest in the Catholic Enlightenment. He co-edits the volume, contributes to the introduction, and introduces and translates two significant German-speaking figures. Shaun Blanchard, who has recently published a monograph on radical Catholic Enlightenment figures, also co-edits, contributes selections from two English-speaking figures and has completed the first English translation of a section of Lodovico Muratori's landmark On the Regulated Devotion of a Christian since 1789. Contents Introduction: The World of Catholic Enlightenment | Ulrich L. Lehner and Shaun Blanchard Part 1: Italy 1. Liturgical Renewal and the Fight against Superstition | Lodovico Antonio Muratori (1672–1750), Translated by Shaun Blanchard 2. A Female Mystic of the Catholic Enlightenment | Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799), Translated by Glauco Schettini Part 2: Spain 3. The Problem of Miracles | Benito Jerónimo Feijoo y Montenegro, OSB (1676–1764), Translated by Alison Weber 4. Women and Education | Josefa Amar y Borbón (1749–1833), Translated by Joanna Barker Part 3: Mexico 5. On the Indigenous Use of Cannabis | José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez de Santillana (1737–1799), Translated by Elena Deanda-Camacho Part 4: Portugal 6. A Woman Scientist and Poet | Leonor de Almeida Portugal, Marchioness of Alorna (1750–1839), Translated by Vanda Anastácio Part 5: Brazil 7. Pastoral Care in South America | Tomás da Encarnação Costa e Lima, Bishop of Pernambuco (1723–1784), Translated by Alexandre Martins and Evergton Sales Souza Part 6: Germany (Holy Roman Empire) 8. The Creed of an Enlightened Faith | Johann Caspar Ruef (1748–1825), Translated by Ulrich L. Lehner 9. Celibacy and Liturgical Renewal | Benedict Maria von Werkmeister (1745–1823), Translated by Ulrich L. Lehner Part 7: France 10. The Influence of Women on French Literature | Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest du Saint Aubin, Comtesse de Genlis (1746–1830), Translated by Joanna Barker 11. The Senses and the Knowledge of God | Etienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714–1780), Translated by Kara E. Barr 12. Church, State, and Masonry | Claude Fauchet (1744–1793), Translated by Joseph F. Byrnes Part 8: Poland 13. The Good Citizen | Stanislaw Konarski (1700–1773), Translated by Andrew Doll Part 9: England 14. British Catholicism as Reasonable and Patriotic Christianity | Joseph Berington (1743–1827), Edited by Shaun Blanchard Part 10: United States Of America 15. Catholicism and Democracy | John Carroll (1736–1815), Edited by Shaun Blanchard Index