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The Role of Roman Catholicism in Shaping the Enlightenment
This chapter discusses how Roman Catholicism influenced the Enlightenment and challenges the claim that the Reformation caused modernity and secularization. It explores the role of Roman Catholic thinkers, theology, and thought in shaping the Enlightenment, as well as the crisis in the late medieval world leading up to the Reformation.