Enlightenment and Catholicism in Europe: A Transnational History

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Contents Introduction: Catholicism and Enlightenment, 1 Past, Present, and Future JEFFRE y D . BURSoN PA Rt 1 Catholic Enlightenment and the Papacy 1 Pope Benedict XIV (1740–1758): the Ambivalent 41 Enlightener MARIo RoSA PA Rt 2 Catholicism and the Siècle des Lumières in France and Savoy 2 Nicolas-Sylvestre Bergier (1718–1790): An Enlightened 63 Anti-Philosophe JEFFRE y D . BURSoN 3 Giacinto Sigismondo Cardinal Gerdil (1718–1802): 89 Enlightenment as Cultural and Religious Achievement DR IES VAN y SAC kE R 4 Adrien Lamourette (1742–1794): the Unconventional 107 Revolutionary and Reformer CARo L INE C HoPE L IN -BL A N C viii Contents 5 Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821): Heir of the Enlightenment, 125 Enemy of Revolutions, and Spiritual Progressivist CARo LINA A RME NtE RoS 6 Hugues-Félicité Robert de Lamennais (1782–1854): 145 Lost Sheep of the Religious Enlightenment CAR o LIN A A RME NtE RoS PARt 3 Catholic Enlightenment in the Holy Roman Empire 7 Benedict Stattler (1728–1797): the Reinvention of 167 Catholic theology with the Help of Wolffian Metaphysics U LR ICH L . L E HN E R 8 Beda Mayr (1742–1794): Ecumenism and Dialogue with 191 Modern thought U LR ICH L . L E HN E R PARt 4 Catholicism, Enlightenment, and Habsburg Europe 9 Franz Stephan Rautenstrauch (1734–1785): Church 209 Reform for the Sake of the State tHo MAS WAL L N IG 10 Johann Pezzl (1756–1823): Enlightenment in the 227 Satirical Mode RIt CH IE RoBE RtSoN PARt 5 Varieties of Italian Catholic Enlightenment 11 Lodovico Antonio Muratori (1672–1750): Enlightenment 249 in a tridentine Mode PAo LA VISMARA Contents ix 12 Antonio Genovesi (1713–1769): Reform through 269 Commerce and Renewed Natural Law NICCoL ò GUAStI 13 Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799): Science and Mysticism 289 MASSIMo MA z z ottI PA Rt 6 Catholicism, Enlightenment, and the Iberian States 14 Benito Jerónimo Feijoo y Montenegro (1676–1764): 309 Benedictine and Skeptic Enlightener FR ANCISC o SáN C HE z -BL A N Co 15 Josep Climent i Avinent (1706–1781): Enlightened 327 Catholic, Civic Humanist, Seditionist ANDR EA J. SMID t PA Rt 7 Transnational Trajectories: The Intersection of Irish, French, Italian, and Habsburg Developments 16 Ruggiero Boscovich (1711–1787): Jesuit Science in an 353 Enlightenment Context Jo NAtHAN A . WRIGHt 17 Luke Joseph Hooke (1714–1796): theological tolerance 371 in an Apologetic Mold tHo MA S o’ CoNNoR PA Rt 8 Catholicism in Protestant Territorial-Dynastic States: Scottish and English Enlightenment Variations 18 Andrew Michael Ramsay (1686–1743): Catholic 391 Freethinking and Enlightened Mysticism G AB RIE L GL ICkMA N x Contents 19 Alexander Geddes (1737–1802): Biblical Criticism, 411 Ecclesiastical Democracy, and Jacobinism MAR k G oL D IE PARt 9 The Polish Catholic Enlightenment 20 Stanisław konarski (1700–1772): A Polish Machiavelli? 433 JER zy LUkoWSkI 21 Hugo kołła ˛taj (1750–1812): the Revolutionary Priest 455 ANNA ŁySIA k-Ł A ˛t koWSkA List of Contributors 473 Index of Names 475 ...