History, Religion, and Freedom in the Thought of Herbert Butterfield, Michael Oakeshott, and Maurice Cowling
ABSTRACT
In England, history and religion have supported liberty and sustained opposition to interference by the state. The conference evaluated this long-standing discussion about these three themes in works of twentieth-century authors Herbert Butterfield, Michael Oakeshott, and Maurice Cowling, each of whom lived in a secular environment while demonstrating, in his own particular way, an interest in history, religion, and individual freedom.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
Butterfield, Herbert. The Whig Interpretation of History. New York: Norton, 1965.
Butterfield, Herbert. The Englishman and his History. North Haven: Archon, 1970.
Butterfield, Herbert. Christianity and History. New York: ACLS Humanities, 2009.
Cowling, Maurice. The Impact of Labour 1920-1924. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Cowling, Maurice. Religion and Public Doctrine in Modern England: Volume 1. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Cowling, Maurice. Mill and Liberalism. New Haven: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Cowling, Maurice. Conservative Essays. London: Cassell, 1978.
Cowling, Maurice. Religion and Public Doctrine in Modern England: Volume 3. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Oakeshott, Michael. Early Political Writings, 1925-30. Edited by Luke O’Sullivan. Exeter: Imprint Academic, 2010.
Oakeshott, Michael. Religion, Politics and the Moral Life. Edited by Timothy Fuller. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011.
Oakeshott, Michael. Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 1991.