Spiritual-Material Noninterventionism: Reformed Influences on Bodin's Political Theology
Jean Bodin's political philosophy drew on a key Reformed principle: the necessary separation between the spiritual and material realms. This principle, as Bodin understood it, required that the sovereign avoid interference with his subjects’ property. As such, the separation of the spiritual an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2020]
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Political theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 21, Issue: 6, Pages: 512-529 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bodin, Jean 1529-1596
/ Sovereignty
/ Witchcraft
/ Spirituality
/ Materiality
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history ZC Politics in general |
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Reformed Christianity
B Sovereignty B John Calvin B Witches B Political Theology B Jean Bodin |
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| Summary: | Jean Bodin's political philosophy drew on a key Reformed principle: the necessary separation between the spiritual and material realms. This principle, as Bodin understood it, required that the sovereign avoid interference with his subjects’ property. As such, the separation of the spiritual and material served Bodin's voluntarism, permitting man, who occupied a middle state between the spiritual and material, to impose his will on the world, but also made man (and particularly woman) vulnerable to abusing this state through witchcraft. Tracing this principle through Bodin's thought demonstrates another connection between the sovereign and the witch. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2020.1730541 |