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Adam Wakeling

Adam Wakeling

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Adam Wakeling is an Australian author and historian. His most recent book is 'Why the Enlightenment Matters: The Shift in Our Thinking that Made the Modern World'.
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The Enlightenment paradox: review of ‘Dark Brilliance’ by Paul Strathern

  • byAdam Wakeling
  • 30 July 2024
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The seventeenth century did not get off to a great start in Europe. Religious conflict still simmered, and…
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Blasphemy and violence: review of ‘Demystifying the Sacred’

  • byAdam Wakeling
  • 3 July 2024
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Books sometimes have a way of turning up at opportune times. In mid-2022 a collection of essays on…
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Do we need God to defend civilisation?

  • byAdam Wakeling
  • 30 January 2024
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'The advocates of the "necessary" Christian God are dining at an ethical buffet, picking and choosing from the Scriptures according to taste.'
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