Politics, religion and the British revolutions : the mind of Samuel Rutherford / John Coffey.

By:

Coffey, John, 1969-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge studies in early modern British historyPublication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 304 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511003587
9780511003585

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Politics, religion and the British revolutions.DDC classification:

285/.2/092 B 20

LOC classification:

BX9225.R94 C64 1997eb

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Summary: This is the first modern intellectual biography of the Scottish Covenanters' great theorist Samuel Rutherford (c. 1600-61). 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-294) and index.

"Bibliography of Samuel Rutherford": pages 260-275.

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This is the first modern intellectual biography of the Scottish Covenanters' great theorist Samuel Rutherford (c. 1600-61). 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.