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| Unitarian Radicalism: Political Impact, 1770-1814 | | Author: | Stuart Andrews | ISBN: | 0333969251 | Format: | Handover | Publish Date: | June, 2005 | | | | | | | | | Book Review | | |
Review "In this lucid study, Stuart Andrews looks not only at the famous Priestley but at the nation-wide network to which he belonged. He guides us expertly through the Unitarian literature of protest, emphasizing the long-standing religious convictions and grievances which fed a political rhetoric which Burke and others dismissed as 'Jacobinical'." -- John Walsh, Jesus College, Oxford.
Review "In this lucid study, Stuart Andrews looks not only at the famous Priestley but at the nation-wide network to which he belonged. He guides us expertly through the Unitarian literature of protest, emphasizing the long-standing religious convictions and grievances which fed a political rhetoric which Burke and others dismissed as 'Jacobinical'." -- John Walsh, Jesus College, Oxford.
Book Description The Unitarian confrontation with the late 18th century political establishment is reflected in published sermons, pamphlets, and parliamentary debates. Price and Priestley were only the most notorious members of a well-educated, close-knit, and highly articulate intellectual opposition, all the more formidable for dominating the major literary reviews. Focusing on many lesser-known dissenting polemicists, this study uncovers unexpected continuities in Unitarian critiques of government policies and questions whether Burke was justified in equating antitrinitarians with French republicans.
About the Author Stuart Andrews is the author of five books including The British Periodical Press and The French Revolution.
Unitarian Radicalism: Political Impact, 1770-1814 FROM THE PUBLISHER "Unitarian confrontation with the late eighteenth-century political establishment is reflected in published sermons, pamphlets and parliamentary debates. Price and Priestley were only the most notorious members of a well-educated, close-knit and highly articulate intellectual opposition, all the more formidable for dominating the major literary reviews." Focusing on many lesser-known Dissenting publicists, this study uncovers largely unacknowledged continuities in Unitarian critiques of government policies, and in Unitarian campaigns against government interference in matters of conscience. The French Revolution was attractive to Unitarians because the new French constitution, like the American Bill of Rights, broke the stranglehold of an oppressive established church.
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