During the second half of the seventeenth century the entire intellectual framework of educated Europe underwent a radical transformation. A secularized view of humanity and nature was replacing faith in the direct operation of God's will in the temporal world, while a growing confidence in human reason and the Scientific Revolution turned back the
Reviews
"This book explores the transition in early modern Europe from a worldview based on Providence to a secular outlook based on human reason. The book makes valuable connections between different strands of European religious thought and casts light on the relation between religion and science."--Theological Book Review
