God and government in an 'age of reason' [electronic resource]
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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
العنوان |
God and government in an 'age of reason' [electronic resource]. |
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الطبعة |
1st ed. |
الناشر |
Hoboken : Taylor and Francis |
تاريخ الإصدار |
2013 |
ملاحظات |
Description based upon print version of record. |
رقم الرف |
Cover GOD AND GOVERNMENT IN AN 'AGE OF REASON' Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface 1 INTRODUCTION The eighteenth century Welfare state or market economy? The new Jacobins? An age of reason? 2 GOD AND THE MARKET Primates, prelates and prophets Population and process: 'Parson Malthus' Providence and the invisible hand: Adam Smith 3 UNITARIAN RADICALS AND ORTHODOX ANGLICANS Priestley and Price God and the state: William Paley Divine government: Butler's analogies 4 REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS AND CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT Robespierre Rousseau 5 DIVINE CONSTITUTIONALISM AND POLITICAL ORDERThe American context The founding federalists Political preachers 6 DEISTS, DISSENTERS AND FREE THINKERS Radical religion and politics Bolingbroke Deism and politics Latitude men Isaac Watts 7 LEIBNIZ AND THE NEWTONIANS The Newtonian hegemony Samuel Clarke Leibniz 8 CONCLUSION Religion and politics Political ethics Civil region Transposing images Images: true and false God's republic Ideology or Utopia 9 THEOLOGICAL POSTSCRIPT Prayer and petition Prayer and participation Trinity and conflict Notes Bibliography Index |
الشكل |
1 online resource (289 p.) |
اللغة |
الانكليزية |
رقم النظام |
997011546172605171 |
MARC RECORDS
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