Hobbes's Philosophy of Religion

Thomas Holden

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Oxford University Press
04 May 2023

Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Philosophy of religion

Hobbes's Philosophy of Religion presents a new scholarly interpretation of Hobbes's treatment of religious speech and practice. It argues that the key to Hobbes's treatment of religion is his theory of religious language. According to Hobbes, the proper function of religious language is not to describe, state facts, or affirm truths. Instead, such talk ought only to express attitudes of honour, reverence, and humility before the incomprehensible great cause of nature. His theory valorises the traditional discourses of theism, natural religion, and revealed religion, but only as an expression of reverence without descriptive import. Hobbes is sincerely pious, rejecting atheism and irreligion. But he also rejects literal-minded theism, and any realist conception of the divine attributes.

The book provides a comprehensive study of Hobbes's highly original treatment of religion. It also offers an integrated account of Hobbes's philosophical thought around religious topics. The account brings out the connections between Hobbes's theoretical philosophy - including his philosophy of mind, language, and human nature - and his practical religious politics, including his views on religious toleration, ecclesiology, and the religious function of the civil state.

By: Thomas Holden
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 486g
ISBN: 9780192871329
ISBN 10: 0192871323
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 04 May 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Holden is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California Santa Barbara. He is the author of Spectres of False Divinity: Hume's Moral Atheism and The Architecture of Matter: Galileo to Kant.

Reviews for Hobbes's Philosophy of Religion

This scholarly book engages in a 400-year-old controversy concerning the sincerity of the religious views of 17th-century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes,...Useful for students of theology and political philosophy. * Choice *