From Irenaeus to Grotius : a sourcebook in Christian political thought 100-1625
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From Irenaeus to Grotius : a sourcebook in Christian political thought 100-1625
William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c1999
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: cloth ISBN 9780802838766
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Assembles translated readings from over 65 authors with introductory essays by Oliver (theology, U. of Oxford) and theologian and teacher Joan that provide historical details about each thinker and discuss how each has contributed to the tradition of Christian political thought. They are arranged in chronological sections on the Patristic Age; late antiquity and Romano-Germanic Christian kingship; the struggle over empire and the integration of Aristotle; political community, spiritual church, individual rights, and dominium; and Renaissance, Reformation, and radicalism: the scholastic revival and the consolidation of legal theory.
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: pbk. ISBN 9780802842091
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A reference tool that provides an overview of the history of Christian political thought with selections from second century to the seventeenth century.
From the second century to the seventeenth, from Irenaeus to Grotius, this unique reader provides a coherent overview of the development of Christian political thought. The editors have collected readings from the works of over sixty-five authors, together with introductory essays that give historical details about each thinker and discuss how each has contributed to the tradition of Christian political thought. Complete with important Greek and Latin texts available here in English for the first time, this volume will be a primary resource for readers from a wide range of interests.
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