The theological origins of modernity. - Gillespie, Michael Allen (Chicago (Ill.) University of Chicago press, 2008)
The nominalist revolution and the origin of modernity -- Petrarch and the invention of individuality -- Humanism and the apotheosis of man -- Luther and the storm of faith -- The contradictions of premodernity -- Descartes' path to truth -- Hobbes' fearful wisdom -- The contradictions of enlightenment and the crisis of modernity.
Keywords: Philosophy and religion; Philosophy, Modern