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Routledge
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Routledge
296 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 GOD AND THE MARKET; Chapter 3 UNITARIAN RADICALS AND ORTHODOX ANGLICANS; Chapter 4 REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS AND CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT; Chapter 5 DIVINE CONSTITUTIONALISM AND POLITICAL ORDER; Chapter 6 DEISTS, DISSENTERS AND FREE THINKERS; Chapter 7 LEIBNIZ AND THE NEWTONIANS; Chapter 8 CONCLUSION; Chapter 9 THEOLOGICAL POSTSCRIPT;
Biography
David Nicholls
`... surveys the eighteenth century with an impressive array of equal expertise both in the political and theological debates of the time. The book certainly has much to offer specialists in the period. .. This is an important and timely book.' - Henry D Rack, The Expository Times
`...a splendid achievement' - - Frances Knight, Theology
'This is a valuable book which puts back together the Humpty Dumpty of theology, philosophy and political theory.' - Linda Kirk, English Historical Review, November 1997
