JEAN BODIN AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION
In the wake of the Protestant Reformation and the division of Western Christianity into rival religious camps, France descended into religious civil war in the years 1562-1598. The question then was how to respond to it. Writing after Spinoza’s championing of freedom of religious thought but before...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019
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Politikologija religije
Year: 2019, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 81-95 |
| Further subjects: | B
Hobbes
B Superstition B Religion B Toleration B Bodin B family rights |
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| Summary: | In the wake of the Protestant Reformation and the division of Western Christianity into rival religious camps, France descended into religious civil war in the years 1562-1598. The question then was how to respond to it. Writing after Spinoza’s championing of freedom of religious thought but before Hobbes’ advocacy of a strong sovereign who would dictate the prayers and forms of religious worship for the nation as a method of avoiding religious conflict, Bodin argued for religious toleration, indeed for a degree of religious toleration that was radical in its day. |
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| ISSN: | 1820-659X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Politikologija religije
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