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Eric Voegelin and the Problem of Christian Political Order
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Jeffrey C. Herndon (Author)
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Although some critics of Eric Voegelin's later work have faulted his failure to deal with the historical Jesus and to address the implications of Christianity for social and political life, the recent publication of Voegelin's ""History of Political Ideas"" has allowed a more complete assessment of his position regarding the Christian political order. This book addresses that criticism through an analysis of Voegelin's early work. In ""Eric Voegelin and the Problem of Christian Political Order"", Jeffrey C. Herndon analyzes the development of Voegelin's thought regarding the origins of Christianity in the person of Jesus, the development of the church in the works of Paul, and the relationship between an immanent institutional order symbolizing the divine presence and the struggle for social and political order. Focusing on the tension between a spiritual phenomenon based on Pauline faith and the institutionalization of that experience in the church, Herndon offers one of the first examinations of the relationship of the History of Political Ideas to Voegelin's larger body of work. ""Eric Voegelin and the Problem of Christian Political Order"" clarifies issues in Voegelin studies regarding the intersection between political theory and Christian concerns, addressing the relation of religious experience to the public sphere of political life in the West and helping to explain Voegelin's contention that the death of the spirit is the price of progress. It offers scholars a perspective heretofore lacking in Voegelin scholarship and a clearer view of Voegelin's understanding of the Christian dispensation and its influence on the course of Western development, history, and philosophy. bibliography, index
About the Author
Jeffrey C. Herndon is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University - Commerce and lives in Rockwall, Texas.
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- Contributor: Jeffrey C. Herndon
- Imprint: University of Missouri Press
- ISBN13: 9780826217370
- Number of Pages: 216
- Packaged Weight: 457
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: University of Missouri Press
- Release Date: 2007-06-30
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Jeffrey C. Herndon is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University - Commerce and lives in Rockwall, Texas.
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