The
Doctrine of Predestination Unto Life by William Cooper
The 18th century was a
wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding
record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its
determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a
revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these
invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time
these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are
available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate
students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched
religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence
present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume,
Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and
moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of
Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one
between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.
