Home / Library / Renan, Ernest Renan, Ernest 1823 - 1892 French philologist, philosopher, and historian of religion, known for his seminal works on early Christianity and his 1883 lecture Islam and Science, a landmark critique of Islam's relationship with rational inquiry Read more on Grokipedia Read more on Wikipedia Topics church Religion mosque Islam school Philosophy psychology_alt Critical Thinking wb_sunny Enlightenment Quotes Islam and the Scientific Spirit Photos Ernest Renan, photograph by Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, 1876 Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon · Public domain