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Of the Nature & Qualification of Religion in Reference to Civil Society

Author: Samuel von Pufendorf and Simone Zurbuchen   Series: Natural Law & Enlightenment Classics

Of the Nature & Qualification of Religion in Reference to Civil Society
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Written in response to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by the French king, Louis XIV, Pufendorf's work on toleration contests the right of the sovereign to control the religion of his subjects, because state and religion pursue wholly different ends.

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Written in response to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by the French king, Louis XIV, Pufendorf's work on toleration contests the right of the sovereign to control the religion of his subjects, because state and religion pursue wholly different ends.

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Sanuel Pufendor's "Of the Nature and Qualification of Religion" sharply separates politics from religion, advocating a moderate defence of toleration rather than unlimited religious liberty. Writing in response to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV, Pufendorf contests the sovereign's right to control the religion of his subjects: state and religion pursue wholly different ends. He concludes that, when rulers transgress their bounds, subjects have a right to defence their religion, even by force of arms.

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Samuel von Pufendorf; Simone Zurbuchen, Editor

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Samuel Pufendorf's Of the Nature and Qualification of Religion (published in Latin in 1687) is a major work on the separation of politics and religion. Written in response to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by the French king Louis XIV, Pufendorf contests the right of the sovereign to control the religion of his subjects, because state and religion pursue wholly different ends. He concludes that, when rulers transgress their bounds, subjects have a right to defend their religion, even by the force of arms. Pufendorf's ideas on natural law and toleration were highly influential in both Europe and the British Isles. Samuel Pufendorf (1632-1694) taught natural law and was court historian in both Germany and Sweden. Simone Zurbuchen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

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Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc
Published
1st January 2002
Pages
232
ISBN
9780865973718

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