Civil Religion offers philosophical commentaries on more than twenty thinkers stretching from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
The Civil religion tradition, principally defined by Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Rousseau, seeks to domesticate religion by putting it so.
Two of these traditions pursue projects of domesticating religion.
The book examines four important traditions within the History of modern Political Philosophy and delves into how each of them addresses the problem of religion.
Civil Religion offers philosophical commentaries on more than twenty thinkers stretching from the sixteenth to the twentieth century