The Dark Side of Church/State Separation The French Revolution, Nazi Germany, and International Communism |
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| Author:
| Strehle, Stephen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4128-5226-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Transaction Publishers
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $89.93 |
Book Description:
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This book analyzes the Enlightenment's attack upon the Judeo-Christian tradition and its impact upon the development of secular regimes in France, Germany, and Russia. Strehle questions the absolute doctrine of church/state separation, given its background in the bigotries of the philosophes. He notes the nefarious motives of subsequent regimes, which used the French doctrine to replace the religious community with the state and its secular ideology.
This book analyzes the Enlightenment's attack upon the Judeo-Christian tradition and its impact upon the development of secular regimes in France, Germany, and Russia. Strehle questions the absolute doctrine of church/state separation, given its background in the bigotries of the philosophes. He notes the nefarious motives of subsequent regimes, which used the French doctrine to replace the religious community with the state and its secular ideology.