Politics reformed the Anglo-American legacy of covenant theology / [electronic resource] :
Glenn A. Moots.
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2010.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 240 p.)
- Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy .
- Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy. .
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : returning to political theology -- Defending political theology -- The biblical background to covenanting -- Founding covenant theologies : Bullinger and Calvin -- Regime, discipline, and resistance : 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.