Religion and the Rise of Democracy - Hardcover

Maddox, Graham

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415026032 ISBN 13: 9780415026031

Publisher: Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

In a major original study, Graham Maddox analyses the role of religion in the development of democracy from the tribes of ancient Israel to the present day. The book contrasts Athenian direct democracy with the Old Testament monarchy in which the concept of religious opposition - vital to modern democracy - arose. Maddox then develops his discussion of the relationship between religion and democracy through early christianity to the Reformation and Calvinism, ending with a chapter on modern democracy. Maddox's contentious thesis concerning the development of democracy is truly interdisciplinary drawing on political science, religious history and theology.

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Review:

..."a rare overview of Christian thought on politics-From Origen, Augustine, Luther, Calvin, and other "great men" on down to today...entertaining.."
-" Church History, Dec 1998
..."enormously ambitious in both thesis and scope...."
-"Choice

Synopsis:

This work analyzes the role of religion in the development of democracy from the tribes of ancient Israel to the present day. It contrasts Athenian direct democracy with the Old Testament monarchy in which the concept of religious opposition - vital to modern democracy - arose. The text then develops its discussion of the relationship between religion and democracy through early Christianity to the Reformation and Calvinism, ending with a chapter on modern democracy. The author's contentious thesis concerning the development of democracy is interdisciplinary, drawing on political science, religious history and theology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0415026032
• ISBN 13: 9780415026031
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304