In this Book
- The Origins of Agnosticism: Victorian Unbelief and the Limits of Knowledge
- 1987
- Book
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
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summary
Bernard Lightman provides a reinterpretation of agnosticism and its relationship to science. He examines the epistemological basis of agnostics' learned ignorance, studying their core claim that "God is unknowable." To address this question, Professor Lightman reconstructs the theory of knowledge posited by Thomas Henry Huxley and his network of agnostics. In doing so, Lightman argues that agnosticism was constructed on an epistemological foundation laid by Christian thought. In addition to undermining the continuity in the intellectual history of religious thought, Lightman exposes the religious origins of agnosticism.
Table of Contents


- Half Title
- p. i
- Title Page
- p. iii
- Dedication
- p. iv
- Illustrations
- pp. vii-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Half Title1
- p. xi
- Conclusion: The Tragedy of Agnosticism
- pp. 177-183
- Abbreviations
- pp. 185-186
- Bibliography
- pp. 221-239
Additional Information
ISBN
9781421430300
Related ISBN
9781421431413
MARC Record
OCLC
1123919307
Launched on MUSE
2019-10-17
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Funder
Mellon/NEH / Hopkins Open Publishing: Encore Editions
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CC-BY-NC-ND