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The stillborn God : religion, politics, and the modern West / Mark Lilla.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lilla, Mark.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Religion and politics.
Religion and politics--Germany--History--20th century.
History.
Germany.
Physical Description:
334 pages ; 20 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Knopf, 2007.
Summary:
The quest to bring political life under Gods authority has been revived, confounding expectations of a secular future. In this major book, Mark Lilla reveals the sources of this age-old quest--and its surprising role in shaping Western thought.
Contents:
The crisis
The great separation
The ethical God
The bourgeois God
The well-ordered house
The redeeming God
The stillborn God.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-321) and index.
ISBN:
9781400043675
1400043670
OCLC:
80180673

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