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Civil Religion. The Controversy between William Warburton and Jean-Jacques Rousseau


Zurück zum Heft: Archiv für Begriffsgeschichte. Band 60/61
DOI: 10.28937/9783787338597_5
EUR 16,90


The purpose of this paper is to clarify the controversy between W. Warburton and J. J. Rousseau on civil religion, especially with regard to the relevance of this concept for the political theory of both philosophers. In order to analyze this, we consider (I) the relationship between Church and State in Warburton and the importance of religion for the political order, the significance of a harmonious alliance between Church and State and the pertinence of Christianity for this association. Furthermore, we explain (II) Rousseau’s categorization of civil religion with regard to the deficiency of the intellect, the necessity to complement it and the particular character of religion. Finally, we expose (III) the dilemma of the tolerance of these theories.