Revisiting Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise

Edited by António Bento and José Maria Silva Rosa.

Twelve contributions address crucial problems created by the broad spectrum of topics included in Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise. Contents: Jaume Aurell: Spinoza's Political Theology in Context: Dutch Democratic Republicanism and Radical Enlightenment. - André Santos Campos: Political freedom between the "Theological-Political Treatise" and the "Political Treatise". - José Maria Silva Rosa: "That the 'catholica religio' does [not] need a pontiff". - Guadalupe González Diéguez: Zero Degree of Interpretation? Spinoza and the Literal Meaning of Scripture in the Jewish Exegetical Tradition. - Montserrat Herrero: Theology of History and Theocracy in Spinoza's "Theological-Political Treatise". - André Tosel: La figure du Christ et la vérité de la religion. - Maria Luísa Ribeiro Ferreira: Casting a worried look on "TPT": Oldenburg's Letters to Spinoza. - Pedro Lomba: Pierre Bayle, Spinoza's Reader. - António Bento: Spinoza and the Hebrew State. - Luís Machado de Abreu: The Art of Vigilance. - Rui Bertrand Romão: Considerations on conservation and change in the "Tractatus Theologico-Politicus". - Diogo Pires Aurélio: Spinoza and Wittgenstein: on certainty. 340 Seiten, gebunden (Religion and Civil Society; Vol. 3/Olms Verlag 2013)