1st Edition
Conservatism and Grace The Conservative Case for Religion by Establishment
1. The Notion of Secular Conservatism
1.1 The Secular Principles of a Conservative Society
1.2 Scruton’s Uprooting of Conservatism from its Historically Religious Framework
1.3 Scruton’s Re-rooting of a Secular Conservatism: National Loyalty
1.4 A Preliminary Alternative to Scruton’s Secular Conservatism
2. Religion by Establishment in Edmund Burke
2.1 Burke’s Teleological Worldview
2.2 Summary of Burke’s Politico-Religious Thought
3. Religion by Establishment in Joseph de Maistre
3.1 Maistre’s Sacrificio-Platonic Ontology
3.2 Summary of Maistre’s Politico-Religious Thought
4. A Foundational Conservative Case for Religion by Establishment
4.1 Second-Person Perspective
4.2 Second-Person Perspective and Christianity
4.3 Second-Person Perspective and Conservatism
5. Conclusion
Biography
Sebastian Morello is a lecturer, public speaker, editor, and columnist based in Bedfordshire, England. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Buckingham, UK under the supervision of Sir Roger Scruton, Andrew Pinsent, and Alicja Gescinska. He is the author of The World as God's Icon: Creator and Creation in the Platonic Thought of Thomas Aquinas (2020).
