Sovereignty Over Communion: Heterodox Salvation in Hobbes’s Leviathan

This essay argues for a new understanding of Hobbes’s idiosyncratic depiction of eschatology in Leviathan, and for its relationship to his depiction of sovereignty. In his radical portrayal of salvation, the highest good is maintenance of physical existence free of physical harm. Communion with God...

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Main Author: DeCook, Travis 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2023
In: Political theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 384-400
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hobbes, Thomas 1588-1679, Leviathan / Sovereignty / God / Salvation
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
NBC Doctrine of God
NBQ Eschatology
Further subjects:B Sovereignty
B Salvation
B Experience
B Hobbes
B Leviathan
B Affects
B Eschatology
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