Politics Reformed: The Anglo-American Legacy of Covenant Theology

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POLITICS REFORMED POLITICS REFORMED THE ERIC VOEGELIN SERIES IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY America and the Political Philosophy of Common Sense, by Scott Philip Segrest Beginning the Quest: Law and Politics in the Early Work of Eric Voegelin, by Barry Cooper How World Politics Is Made: François Mitterand and the Reunification of Germany, by Tilo Schabert Worldview and Mind: Religious Thought and Psychological Development, by Eugene Webb Rethinking Rights: Historical, Political, and Philosophical Perspectives, edited by Bruce P. Frohnen and Kenneth L. Grasso The Philosopher and the Storyteller: Eric Voegelin and Twentieth-Century Literature, by Charles R. Embry The Constitutionalism of American States, edited by George E.Connor and Christopher W. Hammons Voegelin Recollected: Conversations on a Life, edited by Barry Cooper and Jodi Bruhn The American Way of Peace: An Interpretation, by Jan Prybyla Faith and Political Philosophy: The Correspondence between Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin, 1934–1964, edited by Peter Emberley and Barry Cooper New Political Religions, or an Analysis of Modern Terrorism, by Barry Cooper Art and Intellect in the Philosophy of Étienne Gilson, by Francesca Aran Murphy Robert B. Heilman and Eric Voegelin: A Friendship in Letters, 1944–1984, edited by Charles R. Embry Voegelin, Schelling, and the Philosophy of Historical Existence, by Jerry Day Transcendence and History: The Search for Ultimacy from Ancient Societies to Postmodernity, by Glenn Hughes Eros, Wisdom, and Silence: Plato’s Erotic Dialogues, by James M. Rhodes The Narrow Path of Freedom and Other Essays, by Eugene Davidson Hans Jonas: The Integrity of Thinking, by David J. Levy A Government of Laws: Political Theory, Religion, and the American Founding, by Ellis Sandoz Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World, by John von Heyking Lonergan and the Philosophy of Historical Existence, by Thomas J. McPartland BOOKS IN THE ERIC VOEGELIN INSTITUTE SERIES IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: STUDIES IN RELIGION AND POLITICS Etty Hillesum and the Flow of Presence: A Voegelinian Analysis, by Meins G. S. Coetsier Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism, by Albert Camus; translated with an introduction by Ronald D. Srigley Voegelin and the Problem of Christian Political Order, by Jeffrey C. Herndon Republicanism, Religion, and the Soul of America, by Ellis Sandoz Michael Oakeshott on Religion, Aesthetics, and Politics, by Elizabeth Campbell Corey Jesus and the Gospel Movement: Not Afraid to Be Partners, by William ThompsonUberuaga The Religious Foundations of Francis Bacon’s Thought, by Stephen A. McKnight POLITICS REFORMED The Anglo-American Legacy of Covenant Theology UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PRESS COLUMBIA AND LONDON POLITICS REFORMED Glenn A. Moots Copyright © 2010 by The Curators of the University of Missouri University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65201 Printed and bound in the United States of America All rights reserved 5 4 3 2 1 14 13 12 11 10 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Moots, Glenn A. Politics reformed : the Anglo-American legacy of covenant theology / Glenn A. Moots. p. cm. —(Eric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8262–1885–8 (cloth edition : alk. paper) 1. Political theology. 2. Covenant theology 3. Covenants—Religious aspects— Reformed Church 4. Reformed Church—Doctrines. I. Title. BT83.59.M66 2010 230’.42--dc22 2010009777 This paper meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48, 1984. Designer and Typesetter: FoleyDesign Printer and binder: Integrated Book Technology, Inc. Typefaces: Optima and Minion Publication of this book has been assisted by a contribution from the Eric Voegelin Institute, which gratefully acknowledges the generous support provided for the series by the Earhart Foundation and the Sidney Richards Moore Memorial Fund. Pastor Raymond P. Joseph, d. 2006 and Francis John Bicsak, d. 1993 both instruments of Providence FOR ...