{"product_id":"medieval-political-philosophy-a-sourcebook-9780801476815","title":"Medieval Political Philosophy: A Sourcebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedieval Political Philosophy: A Sourcebook\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Ralph Lerner and Muhsin Mahdi, has been a classroom favorite since its publication in 1963. When it first appeared, it was the only anthology of medieval political philosophy to contain major texts from all three Western monotheistic traditions--Christianity, Judaism, and Islam--and that claim remains true today. This new edition of this classic text of political philosophy--revised and enlarged by Joshua Parens and Joseph C. Macfarland--will make accessible to today's students the insights of these profound medieval thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrior to the modern separation of religion from politics, these medieval thinkers explored a variety of approaches to the relation between religion and politics--approaches that prompted renewed interest in a world divided over how best to relate the two. For the authors gathered in this volume--including Alfarabi, Alghazali, Averroes, Maimonides, Judah Halevi, Thomas Aquinas, Boethius of Dacia, and Dante Alighieri among many others--there was a greater uniformity of general intention than at any other period. All of these authors studied the works of classical political philosophy and considered in a variety of ways the implications of this political thought for their contemporary situation in a monotheistic religious community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoshua Parens is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dallas. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMetaphysics as Rhetoric: Alfarabi's \"Summary of Plato's 'Laws'\" \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAn Islamic Philosophy of Virtuous Religions\u003c\/i\u003e. Joseph C. Macfarland is a tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726168101138,"sku":"9780801476815","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2e324b51-2a1e-4c5d-b591-27032938bb1f.jpg?v=1734856199","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/medieval-political-philosophy-a-sourcebook-9780801476815","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}