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Record Nr.

UNINA9910984614503321

Titolo

Civil Religion in Modern Political Philosophy : Machiavelli to Tocqueville / / ed. by Steven Frankel, Martin D. Yaffe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, PA : , : Penn State University Press, , [2021]

©2020

ISBN

9780271087450

0271087455

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

201/.72

Soggetti

POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Machiavelli, Christianity, and Civil Religion -- 2. How Francis Bacon’s New Organon Co-opts Biblical Theology for His New Atlantis -- 3. Leviathan’s Reconquest of the Christian Person for the State -- 4. Will Wonders Never Cease? Spinoza’s Critique of Miracles -- 5. Liberalism and Christianity: Locke’s Use of the Bible in the Second Treatise -- 6. Montesquieu’s Machiavellian Account of Civil Religion -- 7. Montesquieu and Christianity in the American Project: The Moderate Spirit of Religious Liberty -- 8. Hume on Church Establishments: History, Moderation, and Liberty -- 9. Rousseau’s Civil Religion “Problem” -- 10. How the Founders Agreed About Religious Freedom but Disagreed About the Separation of Church and State -- 11. Tocqueville on Religion and Democratic Character: Equality, Mediocrity, and Greatness -- List of Contributors -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"A collection of essays on civil religion in modern political philosophy, exploring the engagement between modern thought and the Christian tradition"--