Calvin's Political Theology and the Public Engagement of the Church: Christ's Two Kingdoms

ISBN-13: 9781107171435 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 250 str.

Matthew J. Tuininga

Opis

John Calvin's two kingdoms political thought offers a fresh paradigm for constructive Christian engagement in pluralistic liberal societies.

Recenzje

'… this study is an incredibly insightful work that pushes Calvin studies in new directions … This is a truly useful book that represents what Calvin studies are supposed to be and should have been for the last ten years.' Harrison Perkins, Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Two swords, two powers, or two kingdoms: spiritual and political authority in Early Modern Europe; 2. Calvin, Geneva, and the French Reformed Churches; 3. The Kingdom of Christ; 4. Two kingdoms; 5. Christ's spiritual government; 6. Christ's political government: early formulations; 7. Covenant and law; 8. The magistrate's care of religion; 9. Law, democracy and resistance to tyranny; Conclusion. Calvin's two kingdoms and liberal democracy.