Of the Nature and Qualification of Religion in Reference to Civil Society

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of the nature and qualification of religion in reference to civil society natural law and enlightenment classics Knud Haakonssen General Editor iuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuui i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu natural law and enlightenment classics Of the Nature and Qualification of Religion in Reference to Civil Society Samuel Pufendorf Translated by Jodocus Crull Edited and with an Introduction by Simone Zurbuchen The Works of Samuel Pufendorf liberty fund Indianapolis This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as the design motif for our endpapers is the earliest-known written appearance of the word ‘‘freedom’’ (amagi), or ‘‘liberty.’’ It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 b.c. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash. 䉷 2002 Liberty Fund, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Pufendorf is to be found at the University of Lund, Sweden, and is based on a photoreproduction by Leopoldo Iorizzo. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632–1694. [De habitu religionis Christianae ad vitam civilem. English] Of the nature and qualification of religion in reference to civil society / Samuel von Pufendorf ; translated by J. Crull ; edited and with an introduction by Simone Zurbuchen. p. cm. — (The Works of Samuel von Pufendorf) (Natural law and enlightenment classics) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. isbn 0-86597-370-9 (hc : alk. paper) — isbn 0-86597-371-7 (pb) 1. Church and state—Early works to 1800. I. Crull, J. (Jodocus), d. 1713? II. Zurbuchen, Simone. III. Title. IV. Series. bv629.p8413 2002 322⬘.1—dc21 2002022575 liberty fund, inc. 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, Indiana 46250-1684 c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 p 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...