Book Summary
This is the first modern intellectual biography of the Scottish Covenanters' great theorist Samuel Rutherford (c. 1600-1661). 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.
Book Details
| Book Name | Politics, Religion And The British Revolutions: The Mind Of Samuel Rutherford |
| Author | John Coffey, Anthony Fletcher, John Guy |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (May 2002) |
| ISBN | 9780521893190 |
| Pages | 320 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 2590 |
