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According to a commonplace narrative, the rise of modern political thought in the West resulted from secularization—the exclusion of religious arguments from political discourse. But in this pathbreaking work, Eric Nelson argues that this familiar story is wrong. Instead, he contends, political thought in early-modern Europe became less, not more, secular with time, and it was the Christian encounter with Hebrew sources that provoked this radical transformation. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Christian scholars began to regard the Hebrew Bible as a political constitution designed by God for the children of Israel. Newly available rabbinic materials became authoritative gui...
One of our most important political theorists pulls the philosophical rug out from under modern liberalism, then tries to place it on a more secure footing. We think of modern liberalism as the novel product of a world reinvented on a secular basis after 1945. In The Theology of Liberalism, one of the country’s most important political theorists argues that we could hardly be more wrong. Eric Nelson contends that the tradition of liberal political philosophy founded by John Rawls is, however unwittingly, the product of ancient theological debates about justice and evil. Once we understand this, he suggests, we can recognize the deep incoherence of various forms of liberal political philoso...
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In the Kavanagh era this book about false accusations is timely. Using official records Dr. Nelson reveals seven feminist beliefs taught to judges--even though all of them have been proven to be false. Official judicial data shows these judges will--for the same set of facts--favor females by up to 620%. Judges are trained to believe all accusations even though up to 39% of accusations of domestic violence, and up to 50% of rape are false. Two chapters tell the stories of dozens of men whose lives were ruined by false accusations. A chapter recommends dozens of ways men can avoid being falsely accused--or, how to respond if it occurs. The book closes with a dozen recommended judicial reforms. Every mother should read this book, and then make her sons read it.
Winner of the Society of the Cincinnati History Prize, Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey Finalist, George Washington Prize A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2015 Generations of students have been taught that the American Revolution was a revolt against royal tyranny. In this revisionist account, Eric Nelson argues that a great many of our “founding fathers” saw themselves as rebels against the British Parliament, not the Crown. The Royalist Revolution interprets the patriot campaign of the 1770s as an insurrection in favor of royal power—driven by the conviction that the Lords and Commons had usurped the just prerogatives of the monarch. “The Royalist Revoluti...
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You’re no idiot, of course. The battle scenes in Gladiator had you on the edge of your seat and wondering where you could find more information on the rise and fall of ancient Rome. But so far, your search has left you feeling like a blundering barbarian. Pick yourself up off the coliseum floor! Consult The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to the Roman Empire—a fun–to–read introduction to the fascinating history, people, and culture of ancient Rome. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • The history of the Roman Empire’s rise and fall. • An idiot-proof introduction to the great epic literature of the Roman Republic. • A survey of the Romans in arts and popular culture. • Fascinating details of some of history’s most nefarious emperors, including Nero, Caligula, and Commodus.