The Intoxication of Power: An Analysis of Civil Religion in Relation to Ideology

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Springer Netherlands, 1979 - Philosophy - 231 pages
When the Soviet people will enjoy the [God) wQl com11Ul1ld a ble',ing on u, In ble,"ngr of Communism, new hundred, all our way" '0 that we ,hall,ee much more of Hi, wisdom, power, goodnell8, of mOlion, of people on earth will BIly: and truth than we have formerly known. 'We are for CommuniBml' It i, not We ,haH find that the God of I8TIlei is through war with other countries, but by , among U', and ten of us shall be able to the example of a more perfect organiza­ tion of society, by rapid progress in rellist a thouBIlnd of our enemie,. The Lord will make our name a prai,e and developing the productive force, the creation of all conditions for the happi­ glory, '0 that men 'hall BIlY of succeed­ ing plantation,: 'The Lord make it like ness and well-being of man, that the that of New England'. For we must con­ ideaB of Communism win the mind, and sider that we Ilhall be like a city upon a hearts of the masses. Hill; the eye, of all people are on u,. The force of Bocial progress will in­ evitably grow in aU countries, and this John Winthrop to early Puritan will assist the builden of CommuniBm in settlers in America, 1630 the Soviet Union. Programme of the C. P. S. U.

Contents

The Roman Civil Religion
1
The City Upon a Hill
23
The Reordering of the Cosmos
43
The Public Philosophy
61
Myths of Destiny
81
Christianity and the Civil Religion
101
The Religion of Terror
110
The Christian Tradition and Hobbes Civil Theology
132
The Religion of SelfLove
150
The Religion of Progress
175
The Resolution of the Conflict
194
Postscript
223
INDEX
228
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