Civil Religion in Modern Political Philosophy Machiavelli to Tocqueville |
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| Editor:
| Frankel, Steven
Yaffe, Martin D. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-271-08615-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2020 |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $106.95 |
Book Description:
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Inspired by Machiavelli, modern philosophers held that the tension between the goals of biblical piety and the goals of political life needed to be resolved in favor of the political, and so they attempted to recast and delimit traditional Christian teaching to serve and stabilize political life accordingly. This volume examines the thought ......
Inspired by Machiavelli, modern philosophers held that the tension between the goals of biblical piety and the goals of political life needed to be resolved in favor of the political, and so they attempted to recast and delimit traditional Christian teaching to serve and stabilize political life accordingly. This volume examines the thought ......