Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction (2024)

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Andreas Önnerfors

Andreas Önnerfors

Associate Professor of the History of Sciences and Ideas, University of Gothenburg

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24 August 2017

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9780191837364

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Önnerfors, Andreas, Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction, Very Short Introductions (Oxford, 2017; online edn, Oxford Academic, 24 Aug. 2017), https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198796275.001.0001, accessed 24 May 2024.

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Freemasonry is one of the world’s oldest, most widespread voluntary organizations. With a strong sense of liberation, moral enlightenment, cosmopolitan openness, and forward-looking philanthropy, freemasonry has attracted some of the sharpest minds in history and created a strong platform for nascent civil societies worldwide. With the secrecy of internally communicated knowledge, its clandestine character, the enactment of rituals, and elaborate use of symbols, freemasonry has also opened up feelings of distrust, along with allegations of secretiveness and conspiracy. Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction introduces the organization, rituals, and symbols of freemasonry, navigating through the prevalent fictions and conspiracy theories. It also sheds light on the participation of women in freemasonry.

Keywords: Africa, Christianity, The Enlightenment, fascism, initiation, popular culture, science, World War I

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Social and Cultural History

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Very Short Introductions

Collection: Very Short Introductions

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