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Lecture 03: Urbane Skepticism: Gibbon vs. Watson

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Ian Ramsey Centre: The Great Debate
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Urbane scepticism, an extension of English Deism, is presented in this lecture mostly through the lens of Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with a response by Bishop Richard Watson.

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Ian Ramsey Centre: The Great Debate
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Timothy McGrew
Keywords
urbane scepticism
English deism
Edward Gibbon
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Richard Watson
miracle
Pliny
Department: Faculty of Theology and Religion
Date Added: 29/06/2017
Duration: 00:41:00

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