Divine Sovereignty

Daniel Engster

Cornell University Press, 2001

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Daniel Engster challenges the common assertion that the state emerged from a new secular philosophy at the time of the Renaissance. He argues instead that early modern theorists legitimized state power by portraying it as a sanctified force for moral order within a secular and contigent world.

ISBN-13
9780875802756
ISBN-10
0875802753
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Year
2001
Publication date
2001-08-01
Pages
267
Dimensions
229x152x25
Weight
907