John Milton, Radical Politics, and Biblical RepublicanismUniversity of Delaware Press, 2006 - 305 pages In analyzing how Milton reads and appropriates different biblical texts to give shape to his republican vision, this book also assesses his significance to the development of early modern English political thought, his conception of the English nation, and finally, his response to pressures exerted by a secular modernity grounded on international commercial activities."--Jacket. |
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... Reason of Church Government , lack of disci- pline is a primary fault contributing to the rise and deep entrench- ment of prelacy . Producing a detailed narrative of the English Refor- mation characterized by the church's history to ...
... Reason of Church Government , lack of disci- pline is a primary fault contributing to the rise and deep entrench- ment of prelacy . Producing a detailed narrative of the English Refor- mation characterized by the church's history to ...
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... reasons for this may be found in the impor- tant debates taking place in Milton's day on the nature and charac- ter of the English church . One important defense of the cultural sanctity and national integrity of the Laudian church ...
... reasons for this may be found in the impor- tant debates taking place in Milton's day on the nature and charac- ter of the English church . One important defense of the cultural sanctity and national integrity of the Laudian church ...
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... reason . Right reason has both a classical and Christian humanist dimension in Milton . In Reviving Liberty , Joan Bennett has argued that Milton shares with Richard Hooker the basic idea that a godly nation is built upon the right ...
... reason . Right reason has both a classical and Christian humanist dimension in Milton . In Reviving Liberty , Joan Bennett has argued that Milton shares with Richard Hooker the basic idea that a godly nation is built upon the right ...
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... reason Israel had Saul for their king was that the people had specifically asked God to give them a monarch . But monarchy was never God's idea for the creation of a viable social institution . Contesting an important tenet underwriting ...
... reason Israel had Saul for their king was that the people had specifically asked God to give them a monarch . But monarchy was never God's idea for the creation of a viable social institution . Contesting an important tenet underwriting ...
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... reason and not simply of revelation . We note that one of the striking features of Ponet's text is the obvious ease with which he is capable of moving from citing a scriptural case to invoking a Roman one . A Shorte Trea- tise may have ...
... reason and not simply of revelation . We note that one of the striking features of Ponet's text is the obvious ease with which he is capable of moving from citing a scriptural case to invoking a Roman one . A Shorte Trea- tise may have ...
Table des matières
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Authority in the Ideal Republic | 71 |
Nationhood | 126 |
Of Prophets and Politics | 170 |
Internationalism | 211 |
Notes | 255 |
Works Cited | 285 |
299 | |
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