Gibbon's Christianity by Hugh Liebert
Explores the life and work of historian Edward Gibbon, and his complex relationship with Christianity, through an examination of his correspondence, private journals, early works, and unfinished memoirs.“I personally regard this book as excellentIts thesis is audacious, its prose is elegant, its argument is logical and easy to follow, its references are meticulous, and its use of primary sources is impressive.”
—Martin George Holmes Journal of Religious History
“Liebert has made extensive use of the most recent scholarship, and his study broadens the context for understanding Gibbon’s words by discussing in detail the kinds of narratives of conversion that were familiar to Gibbon and in light of which he shaped his own distinctive story. One of the most striking features of Gibbon’s Christianity is that it re-creates the genealogy of Gibbon’s evolution in telling his own story and that of Rome. The connection of the two, as shown here in detail, is an outstanding advance in the scholarship on the author and his great work.”
—Ralph Lerner, author of Naïve Readings: Reveilles Political and Philosophic
Hugh Liebert is Associate Professor of American Politics in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. He is the author of Plutarch’s Politics: Between City and Empire.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780271092355 |
| ISBN 10 | 0271092351 |
| Title | Gibbon's Christianity |
| Author | Hugh Liebert |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Year published | 2022-03-08 |
| Number of pages | 204 |
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