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15 - The Bible and the French Revolution

updated 2026-11-11

Source

• The Great Controversy (1911), ch. 15 "The Bible and the French Revolution", pp.

Syllabus

• ☐ Read White, The Great Controversy, ch. 15 "The Bible and the French Revolution" (free online, ~30 min) — the exact claim
• ☐ Read the Burke excerpt Shapiro assigns for lecture 19 (Hackett ed., pp. 85–142, 187–95)
• ☐ Watch Yale PLSC 118, lecture 19 "The Burkean Outlook"
• ☐ Finish Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
• ☐ Read Rousseau, "Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar" (from Émile, ~60 pp.) — the other side
• ☐ Listen to Grey History, "The Cult of Reason" — the actual events
• ☐ Watch Yale PLSC 118, lecture 20 (MacIntyre)
• ☐ Read MacIntyre, After Virtue, ch. 1–6 (the Enlightenment-project argument; the rest is optional)
• ☐ Optional dessert: Carlyle, The French Revolution

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