Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11992
GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES : NEW LIGHT ON THE THEOLOGICAL-POLITCAL TEACHING IN ROUSSEAU'S PROFESSION OF FAITH OF THE SAVOYARD VICAR
In: American journal of political science: AJPS, Band 36, Heft 4, S. 615-632
ISSN: 0092-5853
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN "THE SAVOYARD VICAR'S PROFESSION OF FAITH" AND ROUSSEAU'S OWN RELIGIOUS VIEWS HAS BEEN A MATTER OF SOME CONTROVERSY. THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES SEVERAL FOOTNOTES APPENDED TO THE PROFESSION THAT CLARIFY ROUSSEAU'S APPRECIATION AND CRITIQUE OF THE VICAR. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT ROUSSEAU'S THEOLOGICAL-POLITICAL TEACHING REGARDING RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES AND BELIEFS IS BASED ON POLITICAL PRAGMATISM RATHER THAN ON AN ULTIMATE COMMITMENT TO THE TRUTH OF RELIGIOUS TENETS.