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Civil Society, Civil Religion

ISBN: 978-0-631-19758-4
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264 pages
September 1995, Wiley-Blackwell
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Introduction.

Part I: Negative Revelation: .

A. Hannah Arendt.

1. Isonomy.

2. Auctoritas.

3. The Life of the Mind.

B. Simone Weil.

1. Deracinement.

2.'The Absolute Good.'.

Part II: Religion, Civility and Faith:.

A. Against Confessional Exclusivism.

1. Truth as Subjectivity.

2. Faith versus 'Religion'.

3. Affinity Group / Open Forum.

B. Civil Theology in Christendom.

Part III: 'The Solidarity of The Shaken': Civil Theology And Historical Consciousness:.

A. Jan Patocka's Meta-history of Historical Consciousness.

B. The History of 'Nihilism'.

C.'Nur Noch ein Gott...'.

Part IV: The Virtues Of Discernment:.

A. Free-spiritedness (Heidegger, Hegel, Nietzsche).

B. Flair for Tradition (Hegel).

C. Transcendent Generosity (Levinas).

Part V: 'Anti-Politics'.

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