{"product_id":"the-life-of-william-robertson-jeffrey-r-smitten-9781474432283","title":"The Life of William Robertson: Minister, Historian and Principal","description":"A prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, William Robertson differed from his better-known contemporaries, such as Voltaire, Hume and Gibbon, because he used the critical tools of the Enlightenment not to attack religion but to strengthen it. As a historian, he helped shape 18th-century historiography. As a minister of the Church of Scotland, he sought to make the church fit for a polite age. And, as principal of the University of Edinburgh, he presided over a flourishing of intellectual inquiry in the midst of the Enlightenment. But despite his European fame, he was a controversial figure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing extensively on his unpublished correspondence, Jeffrey Smitten captures both the man and his work in his own words. By foregrounding Robertson's religious outlook, he offers a more contextualized and nuanced interpretation of his motives, intentions, as well as his beliefs than we have had before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey R. Smitten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147443228X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474432283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Jeffrey R. Smitten","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44065831813375,"sku":"9781474432283","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e31ae9a2-489c-444a-9e7a-2bd16d206c3b.jpg?v=1685403762","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-life-of-william-robertson-jeffrey-r-smitten-9781474432283","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}