Essays on the Church, State, & Politics (Paperback)

The essays selected here for translation derive largely from Thomasiuss 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. Thomasiuss 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.

General

Imprint:	Liberty Fund
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2007
First published:	May 2007
Authors:	Christian Thomasius
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	306
ISBN-13:	978-0-86597-499-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	0-86597-499-3
Barcode:	9780865974999

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