The Covenant Connection: From Federal Theology to Modern FederalismDaniel Judah Elazar, John Kincaid Lexington Books, 2000 - 327 páginas American, European, political, and theological histories intersect in this important new exploration of the founding of the United States. The Covenant Connection examines the way in which the Protestant Reformation and federal covenant theology, which lay at the foundation of Reformed Protestantism in its Calvinist version, played a major role in shaping the political life and ideas of the colonies of British North America and ultimately the new United States of America. Contributors to the volume look at the most critical facets of this connection over nearly three centuries, from the beginning of the Reformation in sixteenth-century Zurich to the declaration of American independence and the writing of the U.S. Constitution. Individual chapters show how federal theology led to a revival of Biblical republicanism in Reformation Europe; how it was applied and modified in countries such as Switzerland, the Netherlands, Scotland, and England; and how it was carried across the Atlantic by the early settlers of North Americamost particularly the Puritans but also other groups such as the Dutch and the Scottishto form the matrix for American constitutionalism, democratic republicanism, and federalism. As a collection, The Covenant Connection provides an irrefutable analysis of the profound biblical and Reformation influences on the founding of America. |
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From Biblical Covenant to Modern Federalism The Federal Theology Bridge Daniel J Elazar | 1 |
Covenant and Community in the Thought of Heinrich Bullinger J Wayne Baker | 15 |
Covenant and Federalism in the Politics of Althusius Thomas O Hueglin | 31 |
History Humanity and Federalism in the Theology and Ethics of Johannes Cocceius Charles S McCoy | 55 |
From Covenant of Grace to Tolerant Public Pluralism The Dutch Calvinist Contribution James W Skillen | 71 |
Covenant Theology and the Development of Religious Liberty Charles James Butler | 101 |
John Knox The First of the Monarchomachs? W Stanford Reid | 119 |
The Covenant Concept in Scottish Theology and Politics James B Torrance | 143 |
Covenant Body Politic and the Great Migration John Peacock | 201 |
Liberty and Equality from a Communitarian Perspective Donald S Lutz | 223 |
Federalism and Covenant Daniel J Elazar | 245 |
Covenant Language in Canada Continuity and Change in Political Discourse Filippo Sabetti | 259 |
The Covenant Traditions of Dutch Americans James D Bratt | 285 |
Publications of the Covenant Workshops | 305 |
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About the Contributors | 325 |
Covenant Crown and Commons in Elizabethan Puritanism Michael McGiffert | 163 |
Covenant Motifs in SeventeenthCentury Literature Harold Fisch | 187 |
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Abraham Abraham Kuyper American authority Beza biblical body politic Bullinger Bullinger's Calvin Calvinist Canada Canadian Christ Christian civil society Cocceius common grace communitarian communitarian perspective compact concept Confederation consent consociation constitutional Corpus Christianum cove covenant idea covenant language Covenant of Grace covenant principle covenant theology covenantal creation Daniel divine doctrine Dooyeweerd Dutch Dutch Americans ecclesiastical Elazar elect Elizabethan Puritanism England English equality faith federal theology French God's covenant Grand Rapids Groen Heinrich Bullinger human individual Israel Jewish Johannes Althusius Johannes Cocceius John Knox king Knox's Kuyper liberal liberty London magistrate majority means medieval modern monarch monarchomachs moral mutual nant nature obligation Old Testament organic pact Politica political community political theory political thought popular Press Protestant provinces Puritan religion religious Revolution ruler salvation Scotland Scottish secular sermon social contract sovereignty theologians tion tolerance University William Winthrop Papers Zurich