Undermining Obligation to God: Hobbes's Religious Rhetoric and False Forms of Obligation
This paper examines Hobbes's use of religious rhetoric, specifically his definitions of the terms grace, faith, and future words in his explanation of the nature and origins of obligation. Through categorization and analysis of Hobbes's different forms of obligation, paying special attenti...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2019]
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Political theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 224-242 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hobbes, Thomas 1588-1679
/ Citizen's duty
/ Religion
/ Political order
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Hobbes
B Obligation B Religious Rhetoric B Religion |
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| Summary: | This paper examines Hobbes's use of religious rhetoric, specifically his definitions of the terms grace, faith, and future words in his explanation of the nature and origins of obligation. Through categorization and analysis of Hobbes's different forms of obligation, paying special attention to the religious rhetoric of the false forms, it becomes evident that Hobbes's view of obligation is designed not only to establish a political order, but to undermine man's obligation to God, and as such, remove the possibility of competing obligation in the life of the citizen, and thereby reduce the cause of civil wars. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2018.1540176 |