Civil Religion in Modern Political Philosophy – Machiavelli to Tocqueville

Name: Civil Religion in Modern Political Philosophy – Machiavelli to Tocqueville
Brand: Pennsylvania State University Press

Pennsylvania State University Press

Civil Religion in Modern Political Philosophy\nby Steven Frankel\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Steven Frankel\nTitle: Civil Religion in Modern Political Philosophy\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Political science and theory\nPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9780271086163\nISBN-10: 0271086165\nRRP: \u00A329.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nInspired by Machiavelli, modern philosophers held that the tension between the goals of biblical piety and the goals of political life needed to be resolved in favor of the political, and they attempted to recast and delimit traditional Christian teaching to serve and stabilize political life accordingly. This volume examines the arguments of those thinkers who worked to remake Christi.