Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-368) and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction -- Moderate (religious) liberty in the theology of John Calvin : the original Genevan experiment -- The duties of conscience and the free exercise of Christian liberty : Theodore Beza and the rise of Calvinist rights and resistance theory -- Natural rights, popular sovereignty, and covenant politics : Johannes Althusius and the Dutch Revolt and republic -- Prophets, priests, and kings of liberty : John Milton and the rights and liberties of Englishmen -- How to govern a city on a hill: covenant liberty in Puritan New England -- Concluding reflections : the biology and biography of liberty in early modern Calvinism.
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