Identifier
etd-06072004-202100
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Political Science
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
This thesis examines issues that emerge from the investigation of the relationship between John Locke's arguments for religious toleration as found in his Letter Concerning Toleration and his construction of a minimum dogma for Christianity in his The Reasonableness of Christianity. The first chapter follows the development of minimum dogma from its origin in the experience Eric Voegelin terms the leap in being, through Xenophanes' concept of "seemliness," to the minimum dogmas of Plato. The second chapter examines the use of minimum dogma in theories of religious toleration by More and Spinoza. The final chapter examines the work of John Locke and questions the adequacy of his formulation minimum dogma without a basis in the leap in being as a support for religious toleration.
Date
2004
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
Barron, Clinton Bryan, "Minimum dogma and religious toleration" (2004). LSU Master's Theses. 3170.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/3170
Committee Chair
G. Ellis Sandoz
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.3170