Anxiety about the threat of atheism was rampant in the early modern period, yet fully documented examples of openly expressed irreligious opinion are surprising

Anti-Atheism in Early Modern England traces the emergence and transformation of a distinct apologetic discourse called the confutation of atheism.

This book examines the reception of the works of the Baron d'Holbach throughout Francophone Europe. It insists that d'Holbach's historical importance has been u

How new is atheism? Although adherents and opponents alike today present it as an invention of the European Enlightenment, when the forces of science and secula

The rise of atheism and unbelief is a key factor in the development of the modern world, yet it has been relatively little explored by historians. This book pre