Essays on church, state, and politics / Christian Thomasius ; edited, translated, and with an introduction by Thomas Ahnert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomasius, Christian, 1655-1728, author.

Contributor:

Ahnert, Thomas, editor of compilation.

Series:

Natural law and enlightenment classics.

Natural law and enlightenment classics

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English. 2007

Language:

English

German

Latin

Subjects (All):

Church and state.

Christianity and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (691 p.)

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, [2007]

Summary:

The works found in Essays on Church, State, and Politics, which originated as disputations, theses, and pamphlets, were direct interventions in the unresolved issue of the political role of religion in Brandenburg-Prussia, a state in which a Calvinist dynasty ruled over a largely Lutheran population and nobility as well as a significant Catholic minority. Christian Thomasius (1655-1728) was a German philosopher and legal theorist. Ian Hunter is Australian Professorial Fellow at the Centre for the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland, Australia. Thomas Ahnert is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Edinburgh. Frank Grunert is Scientific Collaborator at the Institut für Deutsche Philologie, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon , Barnes and Noble , and iTunes .

Contents:

On the history of natural law until Grotius

The right of Protestant princes regarding indifferent matters or adiaphora

On the power of secular government to command its subjects to attend church diligently

Is heresy a punishable crime?

On the crime of sorcery

On the right of a Christian prince in religious matters.

Notes:

Translated into English.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61487-867-6

OCLC:

271580453