SERVETUS AND THE SWITCH TO THE HUMANISTIC SOCIAL PARADIGM A Historical Perspective on How the Social Paradigm Changes

Authors

  • Marian Hillar Center for Philosophy and Socinian Studies

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v15i1.91

Keywords:

Michael Servetus, humanism, philosophy

Abstract

An exploration of the legacy of Michael Servetus to the development of a new type of theological inquiry which ultimately helped lead to the development of critical biblical studies.

Author Biography

  • Marian Hillar, Center for Philosophy and Socinian Studies

    Marian Hillar, MD, Ph.D., philosopher, theologian, and scientist, took his degrees from the University Medical School of Danzig and studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, and at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. He did research and taught in Europe at the University Medical School of Danzig and University of Camerino, Italy, and in the United States at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and Ponce School of Medicine, Puerto Rico. He is currently professor of philosophy and biochemistry and the director of the Center for Philosophy and Socinian Studies. He is the author of The Case of Michael Servetus (1511-1553) - The Turning Point in the Struggle for Freedom of Conscience (Edwin Mellen Press, 1997) and of Michael Servetus: Intellectual Giant, Humanist. and Martyr (University Press of America: Lanham, New York, Oxford, 2002). In addition he wrote two books in biochemistry and authored about 130 papers and abstracts on various subjects. His specialties are modern and classical languages and history of philosophy and religions. He is a world expert on the development and ideas of the Socinian movement in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the precursor of the Enlightenment and American democracy. He maintains membership in numerous scholarly organizations and is listed in "Who's Who in Theology and Science."

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Published

2013-10-09

Issue

Vol. 15 (2007)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Hillar, M. (2013). SERVETUS AND THE SWITCH TO THE HUMANISTIC SOCIAL PARADIGM A Historical Perspective on How the Social Paradigm Changes. Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, 15(1), 91-116. https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v15i1.91