{"product_id":"9781614872085","title":"Essays on Church, State, and Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe essays selected here for translation derive largely\u003cbr\u003efrom Thomasius’s work on \u003ci\u003eStaatskirchenrecht,\u003c\/i\u003e or\u003cbr\u003ethe political jurisprudence of church law. These works,\u003cbr\u003eoriginating as disputations, theses, and pamphlets, were\u003cbr\u003edirect interventions in the unresolved issue of the\u003cbr\u003epolitical role of religion in Brandenburg-Prussia, a state\u003cbr\u003ein which a Calvinist dynasty ruled over a largely Lutheran\u003cbr\u003epopulation and nobility as well as a significant Catholic\u003cbr\u003eminority. In mandating limited religious toleration within\u003cbr\u003ethe German states, the provisions of the Peace of\u003cbr\u003eWestphalia (1648) also provided the rulers of\u003cbr\u003eBrandenburg-Prussia with a way of keeping the powerful\u003cbr\u003eLutheran church in check by guaranteeing a degree of\u003cbr\u003ereligious freedom to non-Lutherans and thereby\u003cbr\u003edetaching the state from the most powerful territorial\u003cbr\u003echurch. Thomasius’s writings on church-state relations,\u003cbr\u003emany of them critical of the civil claims made by\u003cbr\u003eLutheran theologians, are a direct response to this state\u003cbr\u003eof affairs. At the same time, owing to the depth of intellectual\u003cbr\u003eresources at his disposal, these works constitute a\u003cbr\u003emajor contribution to the broader discussion of the\u003cbr\u003erelation between the religious and political spheres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Thomasius\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(1655–1728) was a German\u003cbr\u003ephilosopher and legal theorist. He was\u003cbr\u003ea cofounder of the University of Halle,\u003cbr\u003ewhere he was also a professor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e is Australian\u003cbr\u003eProfessorial Fellow in the Centre for\u003cbr\u003ethe History of European Discourses,\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Queensland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Grunert\u003c\/b\u003e is a member of\u003cbr\u003ethe Institute for Philosophy at the\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Giessen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Ahnert\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer in\u003cbr\u003eHistory at the University of Edinburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47160849629424,"sku":"9781614872085","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781614872085_p0.jpg?v=1763850263","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781614872085","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}