Freedom of a Christian Commonwealth : Richard Hooker and the problem of Christian liberty

• Main Author: Littlejohn, William Bradford
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: University of Edinburgh 2014
• Subjects: Christian Liberty; English Reformation; Hooker; political theology; Puritanism; Richard

This thesis takes as its starting point recent variations on the old narrative that seeks to make the Reformation, and Calvinism in particular, the catalyst for generating modern liberal politics. Using David VanDrunen’s Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms as an example, I show how these narratives oft...