Sarah Coakley

Faith, Rationality and the Passions presents a fresh andoriginal examination of the relation of religious faith,philosophical rationality and the passions. Contributions seeleading scholars refute the widely-held belief that religiousEnlightenment forced passion and reason apart. Leading Philosophical experts offer new research on therelation of faith, reason and the passions in classic andEnlightenment figures Overturns the widely-held presumption that the Enlightenmentwas responsible for creating a gulf between reason andpassion Presents original and innovative research on the importance ofthe late-19th century creation of the category of‘emotion’, and its striking difference from classicideas of passion Brings together secular science and philosophy of emotion withphilosophical theology to seek a new integration of belief, emotionand reason