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Redeeming Politics.

Kaufman, Peter Iver.

Redeeming Politics. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (224 pages) - Studies in Church and State . - Studies in church and state. .

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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; Secretarian Dualism and Sociolatry; Conclusion ; Bibliographical Remarks ; Index.

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 1992. 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 paperbac

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Christianity and politics--History of doctrines.
Church and state--History.
Christianisme et politique--Histoire des doctrines.
Église et État--Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Christianity and politics--History of doctrines
Church and state


Electronic books.
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