Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 605 g
Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 605 g
ISBN: 978-0-415-01173-0
Verlag: Routledge
In this companion volume to Deity and Domination, David Nicholls broadens his examination of the relationship between religion and politics. Focusing on the images and concepts of God and the state predominant in eighteenth-century discourse, he shows how these were interrelated and reflect the language of the wider cultural contexts.
Nicholls argues that the way a community pictures God will inevitably reflect (and also affect) its general understanding of authority, whether it be in state, in family or in other social institutions. Much language about God, for example, has a primarily political reference: in psalms, hymns and sermons God is called king, judge, lord, ruler and to him are ascribed might, majesty, dominion, power and sovereignty. But if political rhetoric is frequently incorporated into religious discourse, the reverse is also true: many key concepts of modern political theory are secularised theological concepts. In his consideration of this important and neglected relationship Nicholls sheds new light on religion and politics in the eighteenth century.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 GOD AND THE MARKET; Chapter 3 UNITARIAN RADICALS AND ORTHODOX ANGLICANS; Chapter 4 REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS AND CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT; Chapter 5 DIVINE CONSTITUTIONALISM AND POLITICAL ORDER; Chapter 6 DEISTS, DISSENTERS AND FREE THINKERS; Chapter 7 LEIBNIZ AND THE NEWTONIANS; Chapter 8 CONCLUSION; Chapter 9 THEOLOGICAL POSTSCRIPT;