THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE AS THE FOUNDATION OF RELIGIOUS TOLERATION IN LOCKE’S POLITICAL THOUGHT Cover Image

RAZDVAJANJE DRŽAVE I CRKVE KAO TEMELJ RELIGIJSKE TOLERANCIJE U LOKOVOJ POLITIČKOJ MISLI
THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE AS THE FOUNDATION OF RELIGIOUS TOLERATION IN LOCKE’S POLITICAL THOUGHT

Author(s): Ivan Matić
Subject(s): Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Filozofsko društvo Srbije
Keywords: Locke; social contract; religious toleration; separation of church and state;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this paper will be the analysis of the question of religious toleration in the political thought of seventeenth century English philosopher John Locke. The first part of the paper will discuss the foundational principles of Locke’s political thought, particularly his contract theory. The second part will be dedicated to situating his positions on freedom of religion within the domain of that theory, accentuating the moment of separation between church and state. The final part will analyze the implications of religious toleration, as well as its limits, upon which Locke’s criterion of freedom of religion will be critically examined.

  • Issue Year: 64/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 81-90
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian