Who Were the Faithful?: Nicholas of Cusa's De Pace Fidei. Issue 159 (1st July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Benjamin, Andrew
• Is Part Of: Theoria. Volume 66:Issue 159(2019)
• Page Start: 52
• Page End: 70
• Publication Date: 2019-07-01
• Subjects: belief -- faith -- Nicholas of Cusa -- Paul -- political theology; Arts -- Periodicals; Humanities -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Political science -- Periodicals; 082
• DOI: 10.3167/th.2019.6615904
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-5817

Abstract

Abstract : The aim of this paper, which more generally is a contribution to political theology, is to show in what way the conception of peace in Nicholas of Cusa's De Pace Fidei is dependent upon a specific philosophical anthropology. Within it any link between human being and law is replaced by the subject of faith. Central to the argument is demonstrating the ways in which this anthropological position is necessarily interarticulated with the larger metaphysical positions that are advanced across a range of Cusanus' texts.