Edward Gibbon · Civilisations
Gibbon’s scandalous achievement - treating the rise of Christianity not as divine truth but as a historical phenomenon with natural causes, founding the secular study of religion.
You learned that Gibbon treated Christianity as a historical phenomenon with natural causes, scandalising his age. Explain his approach and why it was both shocking and important, in your own words.
Leads to David Hume.
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