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SOME NEW WORLD - PETER HARRISON GEBUNDEN

In his famous argument against miracles  David Hume gets to the heart of the modern problem of
supernatural belief. 'We are apt'  says Hume  'to imagine ourselves transported into some new
world  where the whole form of nature is disjointed  and every element performs its operation
in a different manner  from what it does at present.' This encapsulates  observes Peter
Harrison  the disjuncture between contemporary Western culture and medieval societies. In the
Middle Ages  people saw the hand of God at work everywhere. Indeed  many suppose that 'belief
in the supernatural' is likewise fundamental nowadays to religious commitment. But
dichotomising between 'naturalism' and 'supernaturalism' is actually a relatively recent
phenomenon  just as the notion of 'belief' emerged historically late. In this masterful
contribution to intellectual history  the author overturns crucial misconceptions - 'myths' -
about secular modernity  challenging common misunderstandings of the past even as he
reinvigorates religious thinking in the present.

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