In the 19th century, Christianity faced a crisis. All throughout post-reformation Europe writers coming from different traditions and working in various disciplines criticized incessantly the dogmas of Christian belief. Nothing was sacred as the brightest minds of the time would use all of the academic tools available in this scientific age to tear apart at the foundations of Christianity. This sustained critique was more constant and profound than it had ever been and Christianity has not been able to recover ever since. ...
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In the 19th century, Christianity faced a crisis. All throughout post-reformation Europe writers coming from different traditions and working in various disciplines criticized incessantly the dogmas of Christian belief. Nothing was sacred as the brightest minds of the time would use all of the academic tools available in this scientific age to tear apart at the foundations of Christianity. This sustained critique was more constant and profound than it had ever been and Christianity has not been able to recover ever since. The two books contained in this omnibus volume helped break down the edifice of Christianity arguably more than any others. The endearing ideas contained within would come to influence generations of thinkers since they were written. In The Essence of Christianity, a book that would come to have great influence over Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Ludwig Feuerbach draws on his anthropological knowledge to argue that God is nothing more than the projection of human nature and potential. In On the Genealogy of Morality: A Polemic, Friedrich Nietzsche masterfully analyses the origins and reasons behind Christian morality. By doing so he puts in doubt the bases behind Christian supposed moral superiority.
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