World history/WHME101/Enlightenment/Origins

Reading

Read the below article, from the Saylor Foundation. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• Through what paradigms did Enlightenment thinkers seek to understand the world?

• How did the ideas of the Enlightenment challenge Christianity?

• What technologies helped the spread of the Enlightenment?

The Saylor Foundation, 'Origins of the Enlightenment', February 2013.

Why was the Enlightenment so challenging to Christianity? Post your answers on WEnotes below:

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