Early Modern Uncertainty
Reason, Conscience, and Belief in Post-Reformation Catholicism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3285245 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefania Tutino (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1108 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel13111108 |
| OpenAlex | W4309605929 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
This essay investigates the role of uncertainty in post-Reformation Catholicism. It argues that one of the reasons why uncertainty was so central to early modern Catholic discourse lies in the complex and multifaced relationship between believing-that is, the act of holding as true something that we are unable to verify as such by means of reason-and knowing-that is, the act of holding something as true on the basis of a reasonable and reasoned assessment. By providing a brief analysis of printed and manuscript sources, this essays shows how some of the theological, religious, and intellectual tensions in articulating the relationship between things that need to be believed by faith and things that need to be known by reason, both in the works of influential theologians such as Augustine and Francisco Suárez, and in the elaboration of a wider sector of the Catholic population
Conscience · Epistemology · Faith · Population · Religious belief · Sociology · Early Modern Women Writers · Latin American history and culture · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |