Track My Order
Help Centre
1300 187 187
Likes
My Wish ListsLogin / Join
Booktopia
Australia's local bookstore
The Secularisation of the Confessional State : The Political Thought of Christian Thomasius - Ian Hunter

The Secularisation of the Confessional State

The Political Thought of Christian Thomasius

By: Ian Hunter

Paperback | 27 October 2011

At a Glance

Paperback

$101.84

or 4 interest-free payments of $25.46 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

Christian Thomasius (1655-1728) was a tireless campaigner against the political enforcement of religion in the early modern confessional state. In a whole series of combative disputations - against heresy and witchcraft prosecutions, and in favour of religious toleration - Thomasius battled to lay the intellectual groundwork for the separation of church and state and the juridical basis for pluralistic societies. In this 2007 text, Ian Hunter departs from the usual view of Thomasius as a natural law moral philosopher. In addition to investigating his anti-scholastic cultural politics, Hunter discusses Thomasius' work in public and church law, particularly his disputations arguing for the toleration of heretics, providing a revealing comparison with Locke's arguments on the same topic. If Locke sought to base toleration in the subjective rights protecting Christian citizens against an intolerant state, Thomasius grounded it in the state's duty to impose toleration as an obligation on intolerant citizens.
Industry Reviews
Review of the hardback: 'Hunter's excellent book offers the first really convincing account of Thomasius' political thought in any language. It is a major contribution to our understanding of the early German Enlightenment and to the development of German political thought.' Joachim Whaley, The English Historical Review

You Can Find This Book In

Non-FictionReligion & BeliefsReligionReligious Issues & DebatesReligion & PoliticsPolitics & GovernmentPolitical Control & FreedomsHuman RightsReligious Freedom & Freedom of WorshipSociety & CultureCultural StudiesHistory of Ideas
Civil Rights & CitizenshipPolitical Science & TheoryPhilosophySocial & Political PhilosophyPolitical Ideologies & MovementsHistoryRegional & National HistoryEuropean History

More in Politics & Government

Best Australian Political Cartoons 2024 - Russ Radcliffe

Best Australian Political Cartoons 2024

Paperback

RRP $35.00

$31.75

Citizen : My Life After the White House - President Bill Clinton

Citizen

My Life After the White House

Hardcover

RRP $65.00

$44.25

32%
OFF
A Long March - Kim Carr

A Long March

Hardcover

RRP $49.99

$40.50

19%
OFF
HAMAS : The Quest for Power - Beverley Milton-Edwards

HAMAS

The Quest for Power

Paperback

$41.25

The Gulag Archipelago : 1918-56 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The Gulag Archipelago

1918-56

Paperback

RRP $37.99

$33.90

11%
OFF
PATRIOT - Alexei Navalny

PATRIOT

Hardcover

RRP $55.00

$39.90

27%
OFF
War - Bob Woodward

War

Hardcover

$48.75

The Message - Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$33.25

10%
OFF
Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler

Mein Kampf

Paperback

RRP $59.99

$41.25

31%
OFF
The Message - Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Hardcover

$41.95

Colonialism : A Moral Reckoning - Nigel Biggar

Colonialism

A Moral Reckoning

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$31.75

The Forever War - Nick Bryant

The Forever War

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$33.25

10%
OFF

This product is categorised by