{"product_id":"hobbess-philosophy-of-religion-hardcover","title":"Hobbes's Philosophy of Religion - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Holden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHobbes's Philosophy of Religion\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Holden, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Philosophy, University of California Santa Barbara\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Holden is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California Santa Barbara. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eSpectres of False Divinity: Hume's Moral Atheism\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Architecture of Matter: Galileo to Kant\u003c\/em\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.7 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47578626654429,"sku":"9780192871329","price":184.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/U5d3i7beTZ9780192871329.webp?v=1773508663","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/hobbess-philosophy-of-religion-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}