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Deity and Domination: Images of God and the State in 19th and 20th Centuries (Hulsean Lectures)
Deity and Domination Images of God and the State in 19th and 20th Centuries - Hulsean Lectures Author:David Nicholls David Nicholls looks at modern Western ideas of God and the state as agencies of welfare and benevolence, considering how the God of "caring and concern" became a model for the welfare state. He notes how the American political experience led to a democratic conception of God, how European totalitarianism affected images of the divine, and how m... more »uch modern atheism has been politically inspired.« less