Calvin meets Voltaire: the clergy of Geneva during the age of enlightenment, 1685-1798

Eighteenth-century Geneva offers a fascinating opportunity to witness the encounter between the Reformation and the Enlightenment in the figurative meeting of Calvin and Voltaire.

By developing an understanding of the dynamic between religion and the Enlightenment that moves beyond a simple paradigm of antithesis, this book argues for a more sophisticated notion of the 'Radical Enlightenment'.