Hobbes and Christianity Reassessing the Bible in Leviathan
by Cooke, Paul D.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-08-22
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary
Although Thomas Hobbes was widely regarded by his contemporaries to be an atheist, scholars in the late nineteenth century reconsidered his works and reclaimed him as a sincere exegete of scripture. During the twentieth century a growing number of Hobbes scholars agreed with this revised interpretation. Paul D. Cooke's well-documented and thorough new study aims to reestablish the seventeenth century view of Hobbes by arguing that Leviathan is profoundly antipathetic to orthodox Christianity.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Introduction: Human Rights and Biblical Religion in Leviathan | p. 1 |
| The Controversy Concerning Hobbes and Christianity | p. 17 |
| The Nontheistic Foundation of the First Half of Leviathan | p. 39 |
| A Curious Ambiguity: Hobbes's Departure from the Christian Natural Law Tradition | p. 63 |
| Hobbes's Sense of Reason | p. 87 |
| Hobbes's Departure from Orthodoxy | p. 113 |
| Leviathan Chapter 32: The Biblical Prophets Are Not Trustworthy | p. 133 |
| Leviathan Chapter 33: The Bible and Political Reasoning | p. 155 |
| Leviathan Chapter 34: Hobbes's Naturalization of God | p. 183 |
| The Purpose of the Last Half of Leviathan | p. 203 |
| Notes | p. 239 |
| Bibliography | p. 259 |
| Index | p. 267 |
| About the Author | p. 283 |
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