Religion, politics and law : philosophical reflections on the sources of normative order in society /

Modern, liberal democracies in the West living under the rule of law and protection of human rights cannot articulate the very values from which they derive their legitimacy. These pre-political and pre-legal preconditions cannot be guaranteed, let alone be enforced by the state, but constitute neve...

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Other Authors: Labuschagne, Barend Christoffel, 1962-, Sonnenschmidt, Reinhard.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004223097.

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Call Number: BL65.P7 R4365 2009

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials /
  • Bart C. Labuschagne and Reinhard W. Sonnenschmidt
  • Philosophical Reflections On Religion, Politics And Law: An Introduction /
  • Bart C. Labuschagne and Reinhard W. Sonnenschmidt
  • Chapter One. Eric Voegelin's Philosophy Of Law And Ethics: A Critique /
  • Andreas A.M. Kinneging
  • Chapter Two. Plato'S Political Ontology: On The Nature Of Man And Regime /
  • Benjamin Bilski
  • Chapter Three. Religion And Order: Philosophical Reflections From Augustine To Hegel On The Spiritual Sources Of Law And Politics /
  • Bart C. Labuschagne
  • Chapter Four. Politics And Religion In The Philosophy Of The Enlightenment I: Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke And Rousseau /
  • Claus-E. Bärsch
  • Chapter Five. Politics And Religion In The Philosophy Of The Enlightenment II: Kant /
  • Claus-E. Bärsch
  • Chapter Six. Basic Outlines Of The 'Political Science Of Religion' /
  • Claus-E. Bärsch
  • Chapter Seven. The Diabolical Dimensions In The Shapes Of Political Reality /
  • Peter Berghoff
  • Chapter Eight. Love And Violence: Dialectical Reflections On The Phenomenology Of The Crusade /
  • Timo J.M. Slootweg
  • Chapter Nine. Totalitarianism And Radical Islamic Ideologies /
  • David A.J. Suurland
  • Chapter Ten. The Enlightenment In Contemporary Cultural Debate /
  • Paul Cliteur and Geoff Gordon
  • Chapter Eleven. The Religious Aspects Of The Founding Of The American Republic: A Design Of Religion And Reason /
  • Detlef David Bauszus
  • Chapter Twelve. Taking Pluralism Seriously: The Us And The Eu As Multicultural Democracies? By And /
  • Hans-Martien Th.D. ten Napel and Florian H. Karim Theissen
  • Chapter Thirteen. Law, Politics And Religion: In Search Of Criteria For Understanging Modernity /
  • Reinhard W. Sonnenschmidt
  • Chapter Fourteen. From Transcendence To Introcendence: The Consciousness Of Political Reality And Psycho-Esoteric Constructions Of Salvation /
  • Andreas Dordel and Andrea Ullrich
  • Name Index /
  • Bart C. Labuschagne and Reinhard W. Sonnenschmidt
  • Subject Index /
  • Bart C. Labuschagne and Reinhard W. Sonnenschmidt.