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Michael Walzer

The revolution of the saints: A study in the origins of radical politics - London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1966 - 332p

1. The Emergence of Radical Politics
2. Calvinism
Calvinism as an Ideology
The State as an Order of Repression
The State as a Christian Discipline
Resistance, Reformation, and Godly Warfare
3. Two Case Studies in Calvinist Politics
The Huguenots
The Marian Exiles
4. The Puritan Clergy: Modern Politics and Radical Intellectuals
5. The Attack upon the Traditional Political World
Puritanism and the Great Chain of Being
From Body Politic to Ship of State
Politics and the Family
6. The New World of Discipline and Work
7. Puritanism and the Gentry: Politics as a Vocation
8. Politics and War
9. Conclusion
Bibliographical Note
Index

ISBN: 9780674767867

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Puritans - Calvinism2. Christianity & Politics - History3. Great Britain - Church History

Dewey Class. No.: 285.900000 / MIC