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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460187703321

Autore

Moots Glenn A

Titolo

Politics reformed [[electronic resource] ] : the Anglo-American legacy of covenant theology / / Glenn A. Moots

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8262-7223-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy

Disciplina

230/.42

Soggetti

Political theology

Covenant theology

Covenants - Religious aspects - Reformed Church

Reformed Church - Doctrines

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : returning to political theology -- Defending political theology -- The biblical background to covenanting -- Founding covenant theologies : Bullinger and Calvin -- The covenant and the civil magistrate -- The legacies of Geneva and Zurich in England and Scotland -- Covenant, revolution, war, and eschatology -- Reaching limits : the covenant in America -- Natural law and natural right in reformed political theology -- The reformation in retrospect -- Contemporary perspectives on covenanting -- Lessons for religion and politics today.