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Eric Voegelin and the Problem of Christian Political Order (Eric Voegelin Institute Series in Political Philosophy: Studies in Religion and Politics)
Eric Voegelin and the Problem of Christian Political Order - Eric Voegelin Institute Series in Political Philosophy: Studies in Religion and Politics Author:Jeffrey C. Herndon Although some critics of Eric Voegelin s later work have faulted his failure to deal with the historical Jesus and to address the implications of Christianity for social and political life, the recent publication of Voegelin s History of Political Ideas has allowed a more complete assessment of his position regarding the Christian political orde... more »r. This book addresses that criticism through an analysis of Voegelin s early work. Focusing on the tension between a spiritual phenomenon based on Pauline faith and the institutionalization of that experience in the church, Jeffrey C. Herndon offers one of the first examinations of the relationship of the History of Political Ideas to Voegelin s larger body of work.« less