Contents
Introduction: The World of Catholic Enlightenment | Ulrich L. Lehner and Shaun Blanchard
Part 1: Italy
1. Liturgical Renewal and the Fight against Superstition | Lodovico Antonio Muratori (1672–1750), Translated by Shaun Blanchard
2. A Female Mystic of the Catholic Enlightenment | Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799), Translated by Glauco Schettini
Part 2: Spain
3. The Problem of Miracles | Benito Jerónimo Feijoo y Montenegro, OSB (1676–1764), Translated by Alison Weber
4. Women and Education | Josefa Amar y Borbón (1749–1833), Translated by Joanna Barker
Part 3: Mexico
5. On the Indigenous Use of Cannabis | José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez de Santillana (1737–1799), Translated by Elena Deanda-Camacho
Part 4: Portugal
6. A Woman Scientist and Poet | Leonor de Almeida Portugal, Marchioness of Alorna (1750–1839), Translated by Vanda Anastácio
Part 5: Brazil
7. Pastoral Care in South America | Tomás da Encarnação Costa e Lima, Bishop of Pernambuco (1723–1784), Translated by Alexandre Martins and Evergton Sales Souza
Part 6: Germany (Holy Roman Empire)
8. The Creed of an Enlightened Faith | Johann Caspar Ruef (1748–1825), Translated by Ulrich L. Lehner
9. Celibacy and Liturgical Renewal | Benedict Maria von Werkmeister (1745–1823), Translated by Ulrich L. Lehner
Part 7: France
10. The Influence of Women on French Literature | Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest du Saint Aubin, Comtesse de Genlis (1746–1830), Translated by Joanna Barker
11. The Senses and the Knowledge of God | Etienne Bonnot de Condillac (1714–1780), Translated by Kara E. Barr
12. Church, State, and Masonry | Claude Fauchet (1744–1793), Translated by Joseph F. Byrnes
Part 8: Poland
13. The Good Citizen | Stanislaw Konarski (1700–1773), Translated by Andrew Doll
Part 9: England
14. British Catholicism as Reasonable and Patriotic Christianity | Joseph Berington (1743–1827), Edited by Shaun Blanchard
Part 10: United States Of America
15. Catholicism and Democracy | John Carroll (1736–1815), Edited by Shaun Blanchard
Index