The reformation of rights: law, religion and human rights in early modern Calvinism

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 cove...

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1. VerfasserIn: Witte, John 1959- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2007
In:Jahr: 2007
Rezensionen:Witte, John, The reformation of rights - [Rezension] (2011) (Strohm, Christoph, 1958 -)
The Reformation of Rights: Law, Religion, and Human Rights in Early Modern Calvinism (2009) (Gregory, Brad S.)
Persecution and pluralism. Calvinists and religious minorities in early modern Europe, 1550–1700. Edited by Richard Bonney and D. J. B. Trim. (Studies in the History of Religious and Political Pluralism, 2.) Pp. 326. Oxford–Bern: Peter Lang, 2006. £37.50. 3 03910 570 1; 0 8204 7597 1; 1661 1985 - The reformation of rights. Law, religion, and human rights in early modern Calvinism. By John WitteJr. Pp. xvi+388 incl. frontispece and 6 ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. £45 (cloth), £15.99 (paper). 978 0 521 81842 1; 978 0 521 52161 1 (2009) (Benedict, Philip)
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normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Freiheit / Menschenrecht / Naturrecht / Grundrecht / Calvinismus / Geschichte 1550-1750
B Calvinismus / Menschenrecht
IxTheo Notationen:KDD Evangelische Kirche
weitere Schlagwörter:B Church and state (Europe) History
B Calvinism
B Christianity and politics
B Church and state United States History
B Church and state Europe History
B Calvinists History
B United States Politics and government To 1775
B Europe Politics and government
B Church and state (United States) History
B Christianity and law
B Calvinism History
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Zusammenfassung: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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Physische Details:XV, 388 S., Ill., 23 cm
ISBN:0521818427