{"product_id":"the-dark-side-of-churchstate-separation-9781138515673","title":"The Dark Side of ChurchState Separation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dark Side of Church\/State Separation\u003c\/em\u003e analyzes the Enlightenment''s attack upon the Judeo-Christian tradition and its impact upon the development of secular regimes in France, Germany, and Russia. Such regimes followed the anti-Semitic\/anti-Christian agenda of the French Enlightenment in blaming the Judeo-Christian tradition for all the ills of European society and believing that human beings can develop their own set of values and purposes through rational means, apart from any revelation from God or Scripture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Strehle''s analysis extends our understanding of church\/state relations and its history. He confirms the spiritual roots of modern anti-Semitism within the ideology of the Enlightenment and recognizes the intimate relationship between anti-Semitism and anti-Christianity. Strehle questions the absolute doctrine of church\/state separation, given its background in the bigotries of the \u003cem\u003ephilosophes.\u003c\/em\u003e He notes the nefarious motives of subsequent r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction I France and the Modern etat   1 Voltaire and English Deists   2 The Philosophes   3 The French Revolution   4 The Process of Secularization   5 Laicite II Nazi Germany   6 The Rise of the Third Reich   7 The Immediate Sources of Hitler's Ideology   8 The Metaphysics of Voluntarism   9 Biblical Criticism and Liberal Theology  10 The Growth of Anti-Semitism and Anti-Christianity: Inside and Outside the Church  11 German Etatism, Racism, and Ethnocentrism III International Communism  12 The First International: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels  13 The Second International: Karl Kautsky  14 The Third International: Lenin, Stalin, and Khrushchev Postscript Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019496653143,"sku":"9781138515673","price":51.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138515673.jpg?v=1750780443","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-dark-side-of-churchstate-separation-9781138515673","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}