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Politics, Religion and the British Revolutions

The Mind of Samuel Rutherford

by John Coffey (university Of Cambridge)

  • Paperback
  • 320 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm

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This is the first modern intellectual biography of the Scottish Covenanters' great theorist Samuel Rutherford (c. 1600-1661). The central focus is on Rutherford's political thought and his major treatise, Lex, Rex, written in 1644 as a justification of the Covenanters' resistance to King Charles I. The book demonstrates that while Lex, Rex provided a careful synthesis of natural-law theory and biblical politics, Rutherford's Old Testament vision of a purged and covenanted nation ultimately subverted his commitment to the politics of natural reason. The book also discusses a wide range of other topics, including scholasticism and humanism, Calvinist theology, Presbyterian ecclesiology, Rutherford's close relationships with women and his fervent spirituality. It will therefore be of considerable interest to a range of scholars and students working on Scottish and English history, Calvinism and Puritanism, and early modern political thought.
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  • Author

    John Coffey (university Of Cambridge)

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    May 2002

  • Weight

    473g

  • Page Count

    320

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521893190

  • ISBN-10

    0521893194

  • Eden Code

    1151761

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