{"product_id":"9780826211941","title":"History of Political Ideas, Volume 5 (CW23): Religion and the Rise of Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003eExamining the emergence of modernity within the philosophical and political debates of the sixteenth century, \u003ci\u003eReligion and the Rise of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e resumes the analysis of the \"great confusion\" introduced in Volume IV of \u003ci\u003eHistory of Political Ideas.\u003c\/i\u003e Encompassing a vast range of events ignited by Luther's Ninety-Five Theses, this period is one of controversy, revolution, and partiality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the era's fragmentation and complexity, Voegelin's insightful analysis clarifies its significance and suggests the lines of change converging at a point in the future: the medieval Christian understanding of a divinely created closed cosmos was being replaced by a distinctly modern form of human consciousness that posits man as the proper origin of meaning in the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing the most significant features of the great confusion, Voegelin examines a vast range of thought and issues of the age. From the more obvious thinkers to those less frequently studied, this volume features such figures as Calvin, Althusius, Hooker, Bracciolini, Savonarola, Copernicus, Tycho de Brahe, and Giordano Bruno. Devoting a considerable amount of attention to Jean Bodin, Voegelin presents him as a prophet of a new, true religion amid the civilizational disorder of the post-Christian era. Focusing on such traditional themes as monarchy, just war theory, and the philosophy of law, this volume also investigates issues within astrology, cosmology, and mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReligion and the Rise of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable work of scholarship not only because of its treatment of individual thinkers and doctrines influential in the sixteenth century and beyond but also because of its close examination of those experiences that formed the modern outlook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Missouri Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018027843824,"sku":"9780826211941","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780826211941_p0.jpg?v=1763749980","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780826211941","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}