Religion, Secularization and Political Thought - Thomas Hobbes to J. S. Mill

First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Introduction James E. Crimmins 1. The Religious and the Secular in the Work of Thomas Hobbes S.A. State 2. John Locke: Socinian or Natural Law Theorist? David Wootton 3. The Religious, the Secular and the Worldly: Scotland 1680-1800 Roger L. Emerson 4. Science and Secularization in Hume, Smith and Bentham Douglas G. Long 5. Edmund Burke and John Wesley: The Legacy of Locke Frederick Dreyer 6. Religion, Utlity and Politics: Bentham Versus Paley James E. Crimmins 7. From God to Man? F.D. Maurice and Changing Ideas of God and Man T.R. Sansom 8. J.S. Mill and the Religion of Humanity Richard Vernon

About the author

Crimmins, James E.

Product details

• Authors: James E. (Huron University College Crimmins
• Assisted by: James E Crimmins (Editor), James E. Crimmins (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.04.2013
• EAN: 9780415822336
• ISBN: 978-0-415-82233-6
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Religion
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought