Politics, religion and the British revolutions : the mind of Samuel Rutherford /
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Author / Creator: | Coffey, John, 1969- |
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Imprint: | Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 304 pages). |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cambridge studies in early modern British history Cambridge studies in early modern British history. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11114151 |
ISBN: | 0511003587 9780511003585 |
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-294) and index. "Bibliography of Samuel Rutherford": pages 260-275. Print version record. |
Summary: | This is the first modern intellectual biography of the Scottish Covenanters' great theorist Samuel Rutherford (c. 1600-61). The central focus is on Rutherford's political thought and his major treatise, Lex, Rex, written in 1644 as a justification of the Covenanters' resistance to King Charles I. The book demonstrates that while Lex, Rex provided a careful synthesis of natural-law theory and biblical politics, Rutherford's Old Testament vision of a purged and covenanted nation ultimately subverted his commitment to the politics of natural reason. The book also discusses a wide range of other topics, including scholasticism and humanism, Calvinist theology, Presbyterian ecclesiology, Rutherford's close relationships with women and his fervent spirituality. It will therefore be of considerable interest to a range of scholars and students working on Scottish and English history, Calvinism and Puritanism, and early modern political thought. |
Other form: | Print version: Coffey, John, 1969- Politics, religion and the British revolutions. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997 0521581729 |
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