The Enlightenment
Question 18 options:
Reinforced religious doctrine and metaphysics in resistance to modern trends of secularism
Substituted reason for doctrine, agency for fatalism, independence for obedience, scientific method for superstition, and attention to self-agency over ideas of predestination
Understood that the events of history were not chance occurrences but events that served to carry out a divine plan.
Led to the idea that life, politics, economics, and society are about self-seeking, personal interest satisfaction, and the idea that such behavior will necessarily redound to the public good
B & D