The Peril and Promise of Christian Liberty: Richard Hooker, the Puritans, and Protestant Political Theology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802872562)

How do Christians determine when to obey God even if that means disobeying other people? In this book W. Bradford Littlejohn addresses that question as he unpacks the magisterial political-theological work of Richard Hooker, a leading figure in the sixteenth-century English Reformation.

Littlejohn shows how Martin Luther and other Reformers considered Christian liberty to be compatible with considerable civil authority over the church, but he also analyzes the ambiguities and tensions of that relationship and how it helped provoke the Puritan movement. The heart of the book examines how, according to Richard Hooker, certain forms of Puritan legalism posed a much greater threat to Christian liberty than did meddling monarchs. In expounding Hooker's remarkable attempt to offer a balanced synthesis of liberty and authority in church, state, and conscience, Littlejohn draws out pertinent implications for Christian liberty and politics today.

Author: W. Bradford Littlejohn
ISBN-10: 0802872565
ISBN-13: 9780802872562
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 05/05/2017
Pages: 314
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d