Bibliograph

The peril and promise of Christian liberty, Richard Hooker, the Puritans, and Protestant political theology, W. Bradford Littlejohn

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The peril and promise of Christian liberty, Richard Hooker, the Puritans, and Protestant political theology, W. Bradford Littlejohn

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The peril and promise of Christian liberty

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

W. Bradford Littlejohn

Series statement

Emory University studies in law and religion

Sub title

Richard Hooker, the Puritans, and Protestant political theology

Summary

How do Christians determine when to obey God even if that means disobeying other people? In this book W. Bradford Littlejohn addresses that question as he unpacks the magisterial political-theological work of Richard Hooker, a leading figure in the sixteenth-century English Reformation. Littlejohn shows how Martin Luther and other Reformers considered Christian liberty to be compatible with considerable civil authority over the church, but he also analyzes the ambiguities and tensions of that relationship and how it helped provoke the Puritan movement. The heart of the book examines how, according to Richard Hooker, certain forms of Puritan legalism posed a much greater threat to Christian liberty than did meddling monarchs. In expounding Hooker's remarkable attempt to offer a balanced synthesis of liberty and authority in church, state, and conscience, Littlejohn draws out pertinent implications for Christian liberty and politics today

Target audience

adult

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