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Titolo |
Civil Religion in Modern Political Philosophy : Machiavelli to Tocqueville / / ed. by Steven Frankel, Martin D. Yaffe |
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University Park, PA : , : Penn State University Press, , [2021] |
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©2020 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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"A collection of essays on civil religion in modern political philosophy, exploring the engagement between modern thought and the Christian tradition"-- |
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