In his later works, Gillespie has specialized on the relationship between religion and politics.[3] His book "The Theological Origins of Modernity" and his article "The Antitrinitarian Origins of Liberalism" revealed the extent to which modern thought is indebted to Christianity, contributing to the breaking of the cliché that modernity is a decisive break from the Middle Ages.[4][5][6]
Works
The Theological Origins of Modernity, University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Socinianism and the Political Theology of Liberalism (a chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Political Theology. Ed. M. Kessler and S. Casey)
Hegel, Heidegger and the Ground of History
Nihilism before Nietzsche
Nietzsche's New Seas: Explorations in Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Politics (ed)