The reformation of rights: law, religion, and human rights in early modern Calvinism
John Witte, Jr
The reformation of rights: law, religion, and human rights in early modern Calvinism
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John Witte, Jrنسخه 1
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The reformation of rights: law, religion, and human rights in early modern Calvinism / John Witte, Jrمشخصات نشر
کمبریج : Cambridge University Press، 2007ممشخصات ظاهری
xv, 388 p.: ill.; 23 cm.موضوع
CalvinismCalvinism History
Calvinists History
Christianity and law
Christianity and politics
Church and state Europe -- History
Church and state United States -- History
Europe Politics and government
United States Politics and government - To 1775
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 543-863( and indexes.مندرجات
Introduction -- Moderate (religious) liberty in the theology of John Calvin : the original Genevan experiment -- The duties of conscience and the free exercise of Christian liberty : Theodore Beza and the rise of Calvinist rights and resistance theory -- Natural rights, popular sovereignty, and covenant politics : Johannes Althusius and the Dutch Revolt and republic -- Prophets, priests, and kings of liberty : John Milton and the rights and liberties of all Englishmen -- How to govern a city on a hill: covenant liberty in Puritan New England -- Concluding reflections : the biology and biography of liberty