The Covenant with Moses and the Kingdom of God

Thomas Hobbes and the Theology of the Old Covenant in Early Modern England
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-43162-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 202, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 521 g

Reihe: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions

Covenant theology was a popular and controversial topic in early modern England. In particular, the biblical old covenant with Moses generated tremendous theological and political debates during the years of the English Civil Wars. And yet, the disciplinary boundaries of historical theology and the history of political thought make it hard to understand why early modern preachers and philosophers wrestled over this topic with such vigour. This interdisciplinary historical theological study explains the development of the covenant theology in the major works of Thomas Hobbes and his contemporaries, including Bishop Robert Sanderson and the puritan and presbyterian circles of the Westminster Assembly.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martin, Andrew J

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew J. Martin, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis. His publications include contributions to The Oxford Handbook of Reformed Theology, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, and Richard Hooker and Reformed Orthodoxy.