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Author : Ralph C. Hancock
Release : 1989
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Calvin and the Foundations of Modern Politics by : Ralph C. Hancock
Download or read book Calvin and the Foundations of Modern Politics written by Ralph C. Hancock. This book was released on 1989. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Quentin Skinner
Release : 1978-11-30
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Foundations of Modern Political Thought: Volume 2, The Age of Reformation by : Quentin Skinner
Download or read book The Foundations of Modern Political Thought: Volume 2, The Age of Reformation written by Quentin Skinner. This book was released on 1978-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two volumes of The Foundations of Modern Political Thought are intended as both an introduction to the period for students, and a presentation and justification of a particular approach to the interpretation of historical texts. -- Book Cover.
Author : Quentin Skinner
Release : 1978-11-30
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 772/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Foundations of Modern Political Thought: Volume 1, The Renaissance by : Quentin Skinner
Download or read book The Foundations of Modern Political Thought: Volume 1, The Renaissance written by Quentin Skinner. This book was released on 1978-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, the decisive period of transition from medieval to modern political theory. The work is intended to be both an introduction to the period for students, and a presentation and justification of a particular approach to the interpretation of historical texts. Quentin Skinner gives an outline account of all the principal texts of the period, discussing in turn the chief political writings of Dante, Marsiglio, Bartolus, Machiavelli, Erasmus and more, Luther and Calvin, Bodin and the Calvinist revolutionaries. But he also examines a very large number of lesser writers in order to explain the general social and intellectual context in which these leading theorists worked. He thus presents the history not as a procession of 'classic texts' but are more readily intelligible. He traces by this means the gradual emergence of the vocabulary of modern political thought, and in particular the crucial concept of the State.
Author : Donald K. McKim
Release : 2004-06-17
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 728/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin by : Donald K. McKim
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin written by Donald K. McKim. This book was released on 2004-06-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Donald K. McKim gathers together an international array of major Calvin scholars to consider phases of Calvin's theological thought and influence. Here, historians and theologians meet to present a full picture of Calvin's contexts, the major themes in Calvin's writings, and the ways in which his thought spread and has increasing importance today. The chapters serve as guides to their topics and provide further readings for additional study. This is an accessible introduction to the significant Protestant reformer and will appeal to the specialist and non-specialist alike.
Author : David W. Hall
Release : 2005
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Genevan Reformation and the American Founding by : David W. Hall
Download or read book The Genevan Reformation and the American Founding written by David W. Hall. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative study, David W. Hall argues that the American founders were more greatly influenced by Calvinism than contemporary scholars, and perhaps even the founders themselves, have understood. Calvinism's insistence on human rulers' tendency to err played a significant role in the founders' prescription of limited government and fed the distinctly American philosophy in which political freedom for citizens is held as the highest value. Hall's timely work countervails many scholars' doubt in the intellectual efficacy of religion by showing that religious teachings have led to such progressive ideals as American democracy and freedom.
