Divine Sovereignty

by Daniel Engster

How did the modern state become the Leviathan that Hobbes described? 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 an otherwise secular and contingent world.

Engster traces the modern development of state authority to the breakdown...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875802753
• ISBN13: 9780875802756
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher