Theological Origins of Modernity

Michael Allen Gillespie is professor of philosophy and
the Jerry G. and Patricia Crawford Hubbard Professor
of Political Science at Duke University and the author
of Hegel, Heidegger, and the Ground of History and
Nihilism before Nietzsche, both published by the
University of Chicago Press.
Th e University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
Th e University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London
© 2008 by Th e University of Chicago
All rights reserved. Published 2008
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isbn-13: 978-0-226-29345-5 (cloth)
isbn-10: 0-226-29345-9 (cloth)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gillespie, Michael Allen.
Th e theological origins of modernity / Michael Allen
Gillespie.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn-13: 978-0-226-29345-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
isbn-10: 0-226-29345-9 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Philosophy, Modern. 2. Philosophy and religion.
I. Title.
b791.g55 2008
190—dc22
2007041303
Th e paper used in this publication meets the
minimum requirements of the American National
Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of
Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1992.