reformation of rights
Subtitle: law, religion, and human rights in early modern Calvinism
By: John Witte, Jr.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780521818421; 9780521521611
Subjects: Calvinism; Calvinism -- 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-368) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Moderate (religious) liberty in the theology of John Calvin : the original Genevan experiment; title: The duties of conscience and the free exercise of Christian liberty : Theodore Beza and the rise of Calvinist rights and resistance theory; title: Natural rights, popular sovereignty, and covenant politics : Johannes Althusius and the Dutch Revolt and republic; title: Prophets, priests, and kings of liberty : John Milton and the rights and liberties of all Englishmen; title: How to govern a city on a hill: covenant liberty in Puritan New England; title: Concluding reflections : the biology and biography of liberty.