The Biblical Politics Of John Locke
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Author | : Kim Ian Parker |
Publisher | : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1554581192 |
John Locke is often thought of as one of the founders of the Enlightenment, a movement that sought to do away with the Bible and religion and replace them with scientific realism. But Locke was extremely interested in the Bible, and he was engaged by biblical theology and religion throughout his life. In this new book, K.I. Parker considers Locke’s interest in Scripture and how that interest is articulated in the development of his political philosophy. Parker shows that Locke’s liberalism is inspired by his religious vision and, particularly, his distinctive understanding of the early chapters of the book of Genesis. Unlike Sir Robert Filmer, who understood the Bible to justify social hierarchies (i.e., the divine right of the king, the first-born son’s rights over other siblings, and the “natural” subservience of women to men), Locke understood from the Bible that humans are in a natural state of freedom and equality to each other. The biblical debate between Filmer and Locke furnishes scholars with a better understanding of Lockes political views as presented in his Two Treatises. The Biblical Politics of John Locke demonstrates the impact of the Bible on one of the most influential thinkers of the seventeenth century, and provides an original context in which to situate the debate concerning the origins of early modern political thought.
Author | : Yechiel M. Leiter |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2018-06-28 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1108428185 |
John Locke, whose ideas helped give birth to the United States, predicated his political theory on the Hebrew Bible. Why?
Author | : Jeremy Waldron |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Equality |
ISBN | : 9780511072659 |
This concise new study from a senior political philosopher looks at the principle of equality in the thought of John Locke. Throughout the text Jeremy Waldron discusses contemporary approaches to equality and rival interpretations of Locke, and this gives the whole an unusual degree of accessibility and intellectual excitement.
Author | : Diego Lucci |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2020-10-08 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1108836917 |
Provides a thorough analysis and reassessment of Locke's original, heterodox, internally coherent version of Protestant Christianity.
Author | : John Locke |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1695 |
Genre | : Apologetics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Gordon J. Schochet |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Judaism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Victor Nuovo |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019880055X |
Early modern Europe was the birthplace of the modern secular outlook. During the seventeenth century nature and human society came to be regarded in purely naturalistic, empirical ways, and religion was made an object of critical historical study. John Locke was a central figure in all these events. This study of his philosophical thought shows that these changes did not happen smoothly or without many conflicts of belief: Locke, in the role of Christian Virtuoso, endeavoured to resolve them. He was an experimental natural philosopher, a proponent of the so-called 'new philosophy', a variety of atomism that emerged in early modern Europe. But he was also a practising Christian, and he professed confidence that the two vocations were not only compatible, but mutually sustaining. He aspired, without compromising his empirical stance, to unite the two vocations in a single philosophical endeavour with the aim of producing a system of Christian philosophy.
Author | : Ian Harris |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 1998-08-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521638722 |
John Locke (1632-1704) is a central figure in the history of thought, and in liberal doctrine especially. This major study brings a range of his wider views to bear upon his political theory. Every political theorist has a vision, a view about the basic features of life and society, as well as technique which mediates this into propositions about politics. Locke's vision spanned questions concerning Christian worship, ethics, political economy, medicine, the human understanding, revealed theology and education. This study shows how the character of these wider concerns informed Two Treatises of Government, especially in respect of a view of divine teleology, and situated a distinctive view of politics which treated the state and the church in parallel terms.
Author | : Nathan Guy |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2019-09-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1350103527 |
The portrait of John Locke as a secular advocate of Enlightenment rationality has been deconstructed by the recent 'religious turn' in Locke scholarship. This book takes an important next step: moving beyond the 'religious turn' and establishing a 'theological turn', Nathan Guy argues that John Locke ought to be viewed as a Christian political philosopher whose political theory was firmly rooted in the moderating Latitudinarian theology of the seventeenth-century. Nestled between the secular political philosopher and the Christian public theologian stands Locke, the Christian political philosopher, whose arguments not only self-consciously depend upon Christian assumptions, but also offer a decidedly Christian theory of government. Finding Locke's God identifies three theological pillars crucial to Locke's political theory: (1) a biblical depiction of God, (2) the law of nature rooted in a doctrine of creation and (3) acceptance of divine revelation in scripture. As a result, Locke's political philosophy brings forth theologically-rich aims, while seeking to counter or disarm threats such as atheism, hyper-Calvinism, and religious enthusiasm. Bringing these items together, Nathan Guy demonstrates how each pillar supports Locke's Latitudinarian political philosophy and provides a better understanding of how he grounds his notions of freedom, equality and religious toleration. Convincingly argued and meticulously researched, this book offers an exciting new direction for Locke studies.
Author | : John Locke |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Liberty |
ISBN | : 9787532783083 |