LEADER 04602nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910974342503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780826272232 010 $a0826272231 035 $a(CKB)2670000000040097 035 $a(OCoLC)649473824 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10559506 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000425685 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11281198 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425685 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10370739 035 $a(PQKB)11759264 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3440745 035 $a(OCoLC)868217714 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26917 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3440745 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10400603 035 $a(Perlego)1704415 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000040097 100 $a20100309d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPolitics reformed $ethe Anglo-American legacy of covenant theology /$fGlenn A. Moots 210 $aColumbia $cUniversity of Missouri Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 225 1 $aEric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780826218858 311 08$a0826218857 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 8 $aMany studies have considered the Bible's relationship to politics, but almost all have ignored the heart of its narrative and theology: the covenant. In this book, Glenn Moots explores the political meaning of covenants past and present by focusing on the theory and application of covenantal politics from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries. Moots demands that we revisit political theology because it served as the most important school of politics in early modern Europe and America. He describes the strengths of the covenant tradition while also presenting its limitations and dangers. Contemporary political scientists such as Eric Voegelin, Daniel Elazar, and David Novak are called on to provide insight into both the covenant's history and its relevance today. Moots's work chronicles and critiques the covenant tradition while warning against both political ideology and religious enthusiasm. It provides an inclusive and objective outline of covenantal politics by considering the variations of Reformed theology and their respective consequences for political practice. This includes a careful account of how covenant theology took root on the European continent in the sixteenth century and then inspired ecclesiastical and civil politics in England, Scotland, and America. Moots goes beyond the usual categories of Calvinism or Puritanism to consider the larger movement of which both were a part. By integrating philosophy, theology, and history, Moots also invites investigation of broader political traditions such as natural law and natural right. Politics Reformed demonstrates how the application of political theology over three centuries has important lessons for our own dilemmas about church and state. It makes a provocative contribution to understanding foundational questions in an era of rising fundamentalism and emboldened secularism, inspiring readers to rethink the importance of religion in political theory and practice, and the role of the covenant tradition in particular. 410 0$aEric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy. 606 $aPolitical theology 606 $aCovenant theology 606 $aCovenants$xReligious aspects$xReformed Church 606 $aReformed Church$xDoctrines 615 0$aPolitical theology. 615 0$aCovenant theology. 615 0$aCovenants$xReligious aspects$xReformed Church. 615 0$aReformed Church$xDoctrines. 676 $a230/.42 700 $aMoots$b Glenn A$01807712 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974342503321 996 $aPolitics reformed$94357587 997 $aUNINA