Between faith and scepticism: Nicholas Rengger’s reflections on the ‘hybridity’ of modernity

Vassilios Paipais

doi:10.1177/0047117820968624

Between faith and scepticism: Nicholas Rengger’s reflections on the ‘hybridity’ of modernity

Vassilios Paipais

School of International Relations

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Abstract

In this essay, I offer a brief assessment of Nicholas Rengger’s engagement with arguments arising from the theological critique of modern politics and of his take on the relationship between faith and philosophy in modernity. Rengger’s scepticism, a peculiar mix of naturalism and philosophical idealism, combining insights from Oakeshott, Santayana and Augustine, did not cordon off faith but sought to work out its tensive relationship with practical forms of reasoning in modernity, a condition he described as a ‘hybrid’. Rengger’s critique of the hybridity of modernity rests on assumptions that expose some of the unresolved tensions of his anti-Pelagian scepticism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	627-633
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Relations
Volume	34
Issue number	4
Early online date	23 Oct 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0047117820968624
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2020

Keywords

Faith
Hybridity
Life
Nicholas Rengger
Scepticism
Thought

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