Immortal Commonwealth - Covenant, Community, Political Resistance in Early Reformed Thought

Reveals how early modern religious conceptions of covenant and community were deployed for surprisingly radical political ends.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The covenanting God; 2. The law of the covenant; 3. Breaking covenant; 4. The unaccountable sovereign; 5. Consociational politics; 6. Resisting the devil.

About the author

David P. Henreckson is Assistant Professor of Theology at Dordt College, Iowa, and serves as director of the Andreas Center for Reformed Scholarship and Service. His research interests include early modern religion and politics, resistance theory, secularity, and Christian ethics. His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, Studies in Christian Ethics, and the Journal of Reformed Theology, as well as magazines such as Comment and Political Theology Today. He is a contributing editor at Comment.

Summary

How would we understand early modern political context differently if we accounted for the theological commitments of early modern resistance theorists? The Immortal Commonwealth argues that by taking these theological sources seriously, we have a richer, truer perspective on early modern radical political thought.

Product details

• Authors: David P. Henreckson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781108470216
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47021-6
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Law and Christianity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; European History, LAW / Jurisprudence, Christianity, Political science & theory, Religious and theocratic ideologies, Political science and theory, Law & society, Religious & theocratic ideologies, Law and society, sociology of law