Religion and the origins of the German Enlightenment : faith and the reform of learning in the thought of Christian Thomasius /
Ahnert, Thomas.
Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-184) and index.
Religion, law, and politics: historical contexts -- Religion and the limits of philosophy -- The prince and the church: the critique of Lutheran papalism -- Ecclesiastical history and the rise of clerical tyranny -- The history of Roman law -- Natural law (I): the institutes of divine jurisprudence -- Natural law (II): the transformation of Christian Thomasiuss natural jurisprudence -- The interpretation of nature -- Conclusion: reason and faith in the early German Enlightenment.
Thomasius, Christian, 1655-1728.