JAMES MILL, THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE PROBLEM OF CIVIL RELIGION
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DOI: 10.1017/s1479244317000397
Abstract: This article argues for a reassessment of James Mill's anticlerical, and possibly atheistic, brand of secularism. Mill's well-known religious skepticism and criticism of the Church of England, it is suggested, have tended to obscure his… read more here.
Keywords: scottish enlightenment; enlightenment problem; religion; james mill ... See more keywords