I know this isn't directly church history related, but I have a question about the Englightenment. I have heard some Christian apologists/historians have the critical remark of the Enlightenment that its ideals (reason vs religion & superstition) led to the French Revolution. How is this the case? I know that the Enlightenment period caused people to rebel against authority and this would lead to revolution, but often apologists/historians criticize this period implying that "See what reason does when it is god?" and that the emphasis on reason is what caused the revolution. I mean, maybe this is a valid argument since I know that Romanticists like Rousseau criticized Rationalists saying that a society based on reason alone will not be loving, feeling, empathetic, etc.
So that said, what was it that led to the French Revolution? I know there are many factors involved, of course, but is the apologist/historian historical argument above valid?
So that said, what was it that led to the French Revolution? I know there are many factors involved, of course, but is the apologist/historian historical argument above valid?
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