Fr. 23.60

Essays on Church, State, and Politics

English · Paperback / Softback

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The essays selected here for translation derive largely from Thomasius's work on Staatskirchenrecht, or the political jurisprudence of church law. These works, originating as disputations, theses, and pamphlets, were direct interventions in the unresolved issue of the political role of religion in Brandenburg-Prussia, a state in which a Calvinist dynasty ruled over a largely Lutheran population and nobility as well as a significant Catholic minority. In mandating limited religious toleration within the German states, the provisions of the Peace of Westphalia (1648) also provided the rulers of Brandenburg-Prussia with a way of keeping the powerful Lutheran church in check by guaranteeing a degree of religious freedom to non-Lutherans and thereby detaching the state from the most powerful territorial church. Thomasius's writings on church-state relations, many of them critical of the civil claims made by Lutheran theologians, are a direct response to this state of affairs. At the same time, owing to the depth of intellectual resources at his disposal, these works constitute a major contribution to the broader discussion of the relation between the religious and political spheres.

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Contains translated essays that derive largely from Thomasius' work on Staatskirchenrecht, or the political jurisprudence of church law. These works were direct interventions in the unresolved issue of the political role of religion in Brandenburg-Prussia, a state in which a Calvinist dynasty ruled over a largely Lutheran population.

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Authors Christian Thomasius, Christian Thomasius
Assisted by Thomas Ahnert (Editor), Frank Grunert (Editor), Ian Hunter (Editor)
Publisher Liberty Fund
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 02.05.2007
 
EAN 9780865974999
ISBN 978-0-86597-499-9
No. of pages 336
Dimensions 151 mm x 228 mm x 25 mm
Weight 543 g
Series Natural Law and Enlightenment
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Philosophy
Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

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