Moots, Glenn A.

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. .

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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.

9780826272232 (electronic bk.) 0826272231 (electronic bk.)


Political theology.
Covenant theology.
Covenants--Religious aspects--Reformed Church.
Reformed Church--Doctrines.


Electronic books.

BT83.59 / .M66 2010eb

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