Order and History, Volume 4: The Ecumenic Age

456 Pages·2000·3.01 MB·english

by  Eric Voegelin

The Collected Works
of Eric Voegelin,
Volume 17:
Order and History,
Volume IV,
The Ecumenic Age
Michael Franz, Editor
University of Missouri Press
the collected works of
ERIC VOEGELIN
VOLUME 17
ORDER AND HISTORY
VOLUME IV
THE ECUMENIC AGE
projected volumes in the collected works
1. OntheFormoftheAmericanMind
2. RaceandState
3. TheHistoryoftheRaceIdea:FromRaytoCarus
4. TheAuthoritarianState:AnEssayontheProblemoftheAustrianState
5. Modernity without Restraint: The Political Religions; The New Science of
Politics;andScience,Politics,andGnosticism
6. Anamnesis
7. PublishedEssays,1922–
8. PublishedEssays
9. PublishedEssays
10. PublishedEssays,1940–1952
11. PublishedEssays,1953–1965
12. PublishedEssays,1966–1985
13. SelectedBookReviews
14. OrderandHistory,VolumeI,IsraelandRevelation
15. OrderandHistory,VolumeII,TheWorldofthePolis
16. OrderandHistory,VolumeIII,PlatoandAristotle
17. OrderandHistory,VolumeIV,TheEcumenicAge
18. OrderandHistory,VolumeV,InSearchofOrder
19. HistoryofPoliticalIdeas,VolumeI,Hellenism,Rome,andEarlyChristianity
20. HistoryofPoliticalIdeas,VolumeII,TheMiddleAgestoAquinas
21. HistoryofPoliticalIdeas,VolumeIII,TheLaterMiddleAges
22. HistoryofPoliticalIdeas,VolumeIV,RenaissanceandReformation
23. HistoryofPoliticalIdeas,VolumeV,ReligionandtheRiseofModernity
24. HistoryofPoliticalIdeas,VolumeVI,RevolutionandtheNewScience
25. HistoryofPoliticalIdeas,VolumeVII,TheNewOrderandLastOrientation
26. HistoryofPoliticalIdeas,VolumeVIII,CrisisandtheApocalypseofMan
27. TheNatureoftheLaw,andRelatedLegalWritings
28. WhatIsHistory?AndOtherLateUnpublishedWritings
29. SelectedCorrespondence
30. SelectedCorrespondence
31. HitlerandtheGermans
32. MiscellaneousPapers
33. MiscellaneousPapers
34. AutobiographicalReflectionsandIndex
order and history
I. IsraelandRevelation
II. TheWorldofthePolis
III. PlatoandAristotle
IV. TheEcumenicAge
V. InSearchofOrder
editorial board
Paul Caringella
Jürgen Gebhardt
Thomas A. Hollweck
Ellis Sandoz
TheEditorialBoardoffersgratefulacknowledgmenttotheEarhart
Foundation,LibertyFund,Inc.,andRobertJ.Cihak,M.D.,
forsupportprovidedatvariousstagesinthepreparation
ofthisbookforpublication.Aspecialthanksforsupport
goestotheCharlotteandWalterKohlerCharitableTrust.
TheUniversityofMissouriPressoffersitsgratefulacknowledgmentfor
generouscontributionsfromtheEarhartFoundationandfromtheEric
VoegelinInstituteinsupportofthepublicationofthisvolume.
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF
ERIC VOEGELIN
VOLUME 17
ORDER AND HISTORY
VOLUME IV
THE ECUMENIC AGE
edited with an introduction by
MICHAEL FRANZ
university of missouri press
columbia and london
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Voegelin,Eric,1901–
Orderandhistory.
p. cm.—(ThecollectedworksofEricVoegelin;v.17)
Originally published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1956–
1987.Withnewintrod.
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
Contents: v. 4. The Ecumenic Age / edited with an introduction by Michael
Franz.
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Contents
Editor’sIntroduction 1
Introduction 45
1. Historiogenesis 108
2. TheEcumenicAge 167
3. TheProcessofHistory 229
4. ConquestandExodus 274
5. ThePaulineVisionoftheResurrected 303
6. TheChineseEcumene 340
7. UniversalHumanity 371
Index 411
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