Books by Richard B. Sher

Church and University in the Scottish Enlightenment has come to be regarded as a classic work in 18th-century Scottish history and Enlightenment studies. This collective biography portrays the 'Moderate Iiterati' as zealous activists for the cause in which they believed, ranging from support for a Scots militia to the Jacobite rebellion of 1745.

Offers an understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. This title seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as "The Wealth of Nations" and "The Life of Samuel Johnson" were made by their authors alone.