Joseph Loconte

God, Locke, and Liberty

The Struggle for Religious Freedom in the West

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Produktbeschreibung

God, Locke, and Liberty argues that John Locke based his most famous defense of religious freedom on a radical reinterpretation of the life and teachings of Jesus. In a fresh and provocative analysis of Locke's A Letter Concerning Toleration, this new intellectual history examines the importance of the spiritual reform movement known as Christian humanism to Locke's bracing vision of a tolerant and pluralistic society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9780739186893
• ISBN-10: 0739186892
• Artikelnr.: 40054820

Autorenporträt

Joseph Loconte is associate professor of history at The King's College in New York City. He is the author of The Searchers: A Quest for Faith in the Valley of Doubt and the editor of The End of Illusions: Religious Leaders Confront Hitler's Gathering Storm.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A 'Secret Stream' of Toleration: Christian Humanism and the
Crisis of the West Chapter 1: A Thing Called Liberty: The Great Debate over
Freedom of Conscience Chapter 2: Bright Enough for All Our Purposes: Locke
and the English Reformers Chapter 3: The Heirs of Erasmus: Locke and the
Dutch Reformers Chapter 4: The Captain of Our Salvation: Toleration and the
Politics of Jesus Conclusion: Let Us Not Devour Each Other: The Lockean
Vision of a Just Society Bibliography