{"product_id":"9781614872030","title":"The Divine Feudal Law","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published posthumously, in Latin, in\u003cbr\u003e1695, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Divine Feudal Law\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e sets forth\u003cbr\u003ePufendorf’s basis for the reunion of the Lutheran and\u003cbr\u003eCalvinist confessions. This attempt to seek a\u003cbr\u003e“conciliation” between the confessions complements the concept of toleration discussed in \u003ci\u003eOf the Nature and Qualification of Religion in Reference to Civil\u003cbr\u003eSociety.\u003c\/i\u003e In both works Pufendorf examines the proper way to secure the peaceful coexistence of different confessions in a state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough he argued in \u003ci\u003eOf the Nature\u003c\/i\u003e that maintaining peace and order in the state does not require all subjects to share one belief, Pufendorf also believed that “true” Christianity was beneficial to society. For that reason he advocated a reunion of the confessions on the basis of fundamental truths that he believed were contained in the Bible, saying a conciliation should be enforced not by law but by mutual agreement of the dissenting parties. Therefore,\u003cbr\u003ethe reunion of the confessions must be accompanied by toleration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Pufendorf\u003c\/b\u003e (1632–1694) was one of the most important figures in early-modern political thought. An exact contemporary of Locke and Spinoza, he transformed the natural law theories of Grotius and Hobbes, developed striking ideas of toleration and of the relationship between church and state, and wrote extensive political histories and analyses of the constitution of the German empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheophilus Dorrington\u003c\/b\u003e (1654–1715) was an Anglican clergyman and polemicist against Dissent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimone Zurbuchen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnud Haakonssen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Sussex, England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179282972912,"sku":"9781614872030","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781614872030_p0.jpg?v=1763850757","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781614872030","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}