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Redeeming Politics / Peter Iver Kaufman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaufman, Peter Iver, author.
- Series:
- Princeton Legacy Library
- Studies in Church and State
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity and politics--History of doctrines.
- Christianity and politics.
- Church and state--History.
- Church and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Peter Iver Kaufman explores how various Christian leaders throughout history have used forms of "political theology" to merge the romance of conquest and empire with hopes for political and religious redemption. His discussion covers such figures as Constantine, Augustine, Charlemagne, Pope Gregory VII, Dante, Zwingli, Calvin, and Cromwell.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- PART ONE: Conquest
- CHAPTER One. Constantine
- CHAPTER Two. Constantine's Shadow (I)
- CHAPTER Three. Constantine's Shadow (II)
- CHAPTER Four. Puritanism and Cromwell's New Model Army
- PART Two: Clerocracy and Conflict
- CHAPTER Five. The Imperial Papacy
- CHAPTER Six. John Calvin's Geneva
- PART Three: Crisis
- CHAPTER Seven. Augustine's Cities of God
- CHAPTER Eight. Sectarian Dualism and Sociolatry
- Conclusion
- Bibliographical Remarks
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780691632322
- 0691632324
- 9781400861101
- 1400861101
- OCLC:
- 884013174
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