In The Persistence of the Sacred in Modern Thought, Chris L.
Firestone, Nathan A. Jacobs, and thirteen other contributors
examine the role of God in the thought of major European
philosophers from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. The
philosophers considered are, by and large, not orthodox theists;
they are highly influential freethinkers, emancipated by an age no
longer tethered to the authority of church and state. While
acknowledging this fact, the contributors are united in arguing
that this is only one side of a complex story. To redress the
imbalance of attention to secularism among crucial modern thinkers
and to consolidate a more theologically informed view of modernity,
they focus on the centrality of the sacred (theology and God) in
the thought of these philosophers. The essays, each in its own way,
argue that the major figures in modernity are theologically astute,
bent not on removing God from philosophy but on putting faith and
reason on a more sure footing in light of advancements in science
and a perceived need to rethink the relationship between God and
world. By highlighting and defending the theologically affirmative
dimensions of thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes, Gottfried Leibniz,
John Locke, Immanuel Kant, F. W. J. Schelling, G. W. F. Hegel, and
others, the essayists present a forceful and timely correction of
widely accepted interpretations of these philosophers. To ignore or
downplay the theological dimensions of the philosophical works they
address, they argue, distorts our understanding of modern thought.
Contributors: Nicholas Adams, Hubert Bost, Philip Clayton, John
Cottingham, Yolanda Estes, Chris L. Firestone, Lee Hardy, Peter C.
Hodgson, Nathan A. Jacobs, Jacqueline Marina, A. P. Martinich,
Richard A. Muller, Myron B. Penner, Stephen D. Snobelen, Nicholas
Wolterstorff.
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