Encyclopedia Author Faces Historical Religious Criticism
Kate Tunstall, a professor of French at the University of Oxford, discussed a historical 28-volume encyclopedia featuring 74,000 entries and 30 contributors.
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BBC Radio 4
“28 volumes, 74,000. 30 contributors and it had as its stated aim that it would try and change the common way of thinking.”
BBC Radio 4
“That's Kate Tunstall, professor of French at the University of Oxford. So they would call into question certain received ideas, mostly concerning religious belief, either openly or by using a system of cross references.”
BBC Radio 4
“The encyclopedia immediately came under attack from the Jesuits, who objected to its Enlightenment philosophy. And the church managed to tarnish the figure of the encyclopedist, as almost an anarchist, someone who was out to undermine political authority.”
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