Political Philosophy and the Challenge of Revealed Religion

by Heinrich Meier

Book Overview

Heinrich Meier's guiding insight in Political Philosophy and the Challenge of Revealed Religion is that philosophy must prove its right and its necessity in the face of the claim to truth and demand obedience of its most powerful opponent, revealed religion. Philosophy must rationally justify and politically defend its free and unreserved questioning, and, in doing so, turns decisively to political philosophy.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022656570X
• ISBN13: 9780226565705
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"