The reformation of rights : law, religion, and human rights in early modern Calvinism / John Witte, Jr.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007Description: 388 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0521521610 (pbk.); 0521818427 (hbk.); 9780521521611 (pbk.); 9780521818421Subject(s): Calvinism | Calvinism -- History | Calvinists -- History | Christianity and law | Christianity and politics | Church and state -- History -- Europe | Church and state -- History -- United States | Europe -- Politics and government | United States -- Politics and government | 宗教改革後教理與宗教思想DDC classification: 261.7094 LOC classification: BX9422.3 | .W58 2007| Item type | Current location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-368) and indexes
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