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RecordNumber
15946
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Author
Witte, John
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Birth-Death
1959
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Addition
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Title
The reformation of rights
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SubTitle
law, religion, and human rights in early modern Calvinism
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Author Statement
John Witte, Jr
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Publication
Cambridge University Press,
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Collation
xv, 388 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Contents
Introduction -- Moderate (religious) liberty in the theology of John Calvin : the original Genevan experiment -- The duties of conscience and the free exercise of Christian liberty : Theodore Beza and the rise of Calvinist rights and resistance theory -- Natural rights, popular sovereignty, and covenant politics : Johannes Althusius and the Dutch Revolt and republic -- Prophets, priests, and kings of liberty : John Milton and the rights and liberties of all Englishmen -- How to govern a city on a hill: covenant liberty in Puritan New England -- Concluding reflections : the biology and biography of liberty.
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Subject
Calvinism,Calvinism,Calvinists,Christianity and law,Christianity and politics,Church and state,Church and state,Europe,United States
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LC Class
BX
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LC Number
9422.3
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LC CutterNumber
.W58
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LC Date
2007
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ISBNN
9780521818421 (hbk.) ,
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-368) and indexes.
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Published_Year
2007
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