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Calvin and the Foundations of Modern Politics

Af: Ralph C. Hancock Engelsk Paperback

Calvin and the Foundations of Modern Politics

Af: Ralph C. Hancock Engelsk Paperback
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This work reopens the question of the relation of the Protestant Reformation to the emergence of a distinctively modern view of political activity. Providing a highly original reading of John Calvin’s major work and an examination of some key interpretations of Calvinism, Ralph C. Hancock argues that Calvin should be considered a founder of modern civilization along with such “secular” thinkers as Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Descartes.      According to Hancock, however, leading interpretations assume a dichotomy between the “worldly” and the “religious” which a close reading of Calvin’s writings does not sustain. Hancock provides an illuminating commentary on Calvin’s four-volume Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559), addressing both Calvin’s political and ethical argument and the theological foundations of this argument. In Hancock’s view, Calvin radically distinguishes between the religious and the secular in order to bind them together in a summons to worldly activity for the preservation of the species and the glory of God. The author thus uncovers the theological basis of Calvinism’s historical activism and demonstrates the complex unity of Calvin’s practical teaching and his theology. Hancock concludes by speculating on the implications of his findings for interpretations of the modern political theory of Strauss, Voegelin, and Blumenberg.
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This work reopens the question of the relation of the Protestant Reformation to the emergence of a distinctively modern view of political activity. Providing a highly original reading of John Calvin’s major work and an examination of some key interpretations of Calvinism, Ralph C. Hancock argues that Calvin should be considered a founder of modern civilization along with such “secular” thinkers as Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Descartes.      According to Hancock, however, leading interpretations assume a dichotomy between the “worldly” and the “religious” which a close reading of Calvin’s writings does not sustain. Hancock provides an illuminating commentary on Calvin’s four-volume Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559), addressing both Calvin’s political and ethical argument and the theological foundations of this argument. In Hancock’s view, Calvin radically distinguishes between the religious and the secular in order to bind them together in a summons to worldly activity for the preservation of the species and the glory of God. The author thus uncovers the theological basis of Calvinism’s historical activism and demonstrates the complex unity of Calvin’s practical teaching and his theology. Hancock concludes by speculating on the implications of his findings for interpretations of the modern political theory of Strauss, Voegelin, and Blumenberg.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9781587311024
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 158731102X
Kategori: Samfunds- & politisk filosofi
Udg. Dato: 15 nov 2011
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 156mm
Højde: 230mm
Forlag: St Augustine's Press
Oplagsdato: 15 nov 2011
Forfatter(e): Ralph C. Hancock
Forfatter(e) Ralph C. Hancock

Kategori Samfunds- & politisk filosofi

ISBN-13 9781587311024

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 240

Udgave

Længde 18mm

Bredde 156mm

Højde 230mm

Udg. Dato 15 nov 2011

Oplagsdato 15 nov 2011

Forlag St Augustine's Press