Religion, Politics and Thomas Hobbes
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George Wright
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Religion, Politics and Thomas Hobbes
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Springer-Verlag
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9781402044687
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1
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CHF 133.60
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Allgemeines, Lexika
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English
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358
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"This collection develops insight into the relation which Hobbes describes between his theory of government and the three-part division he draws with respect to religion. Pursuing the chain of causes that proves God's existence as first cause, Hobbes identifies and defines both""true religion"" and such superstition as he found in the theology and practices of the Roman Catholic Church of his era. He then emphasizes the difference between natural religion and revealed religion in order to extinguish the claim of contemporary theologians to an authority in the state greater than that of the political sovereign.
Although, according to the author, Hobbes falters in carrying out his politico/theological project, his careful, radical and innovative attempt to describe the relationship of religion and politics, church and state, has special relevance for us today, as forms of religious fundamentalism in many countries are increasingly claiming and, in some cases, winning control of political institutions.
ritten for:
Political scientists, philosophers, historians, political theorists, people interested in history of theology, legal theory and the English Civil War
Keywords:< STRONG>
Christianity
Ho bes, Thomas
Politics
Religio
Superstition
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CONTENTS
7
PREFACE
9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
13
1. INTRODUCTION
15
APPENDIX TO LEVIATHAN
49
Chapter 1 ON THE NICENE CREED
50
Chapter 2 ON HERESY
112
Chapter 3 CONCERNING CERTAIN OBJECTIONS TO LEVIATHAN
158
2. HOBBES AND THE ECONOMIC TRINITY
189
3. THE HAUNTING OF THOMAS HOBBES
225
4. HOBBES IN EXILE
265
AFTERWORD
325
BIBLIOGRAPHY
327
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
351
INDEX OF NAMES
357
