John Milton, Radical Politics, and Biblical RepublicanismUniversity of Delaware Press, 2006 - 305 էջ In analyzing how Milton reads and appropriates different biblical texts to give shape to his republican vision, this book also assesses his significance to the development of early modern English political thought, his conception of the English nation, and finally, his response to pressures exerted by a secular modernity grounded on international commercial activities."--Jacket. |
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... Ponet , Christopher Goodman , and John Knox . While Milton appropriated aspects of Reformation thinking on the nature of po- litical engagement , he also found himself working within the more distinctly radical political structures of ...
... Ponet , Christopher Goodman , and John Knox . While Milton appropriated aspects of Reformation thinking on the nature of po- litical engagement , he also found himself working within the more distinctly radical political structures of ...
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... Ponet's A Shorte Treatise of Politike Power and Milton's The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates , " Prose Studies 23 : 1 ( 2000 ) : 101-20 ; http://www.tandf.co .uk . Portions of chapter 5 are based on " China , India , and the Empire of ...
... Ponet's A Shorte Treatise of Politike Power and Milton's The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates , " Prose Studies 23 : 1 ( 2000 ) : 101-20 ; http://www.tandf.co .uk . Portions of chapter 5 are based on " China , India , and the Empire of ...
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... Ponet helped shape formulate the argument for tyrannicide . Milton also found John Knox , the founding father of Presbyterianism , a highly relevant source of radical political thinking , assimilating his ideas on violent rebellion ...
... Ponet helped shape formulate the argument for tyrannicide . Milton also found John Knox , the founding father of Presbyterianism , a highly relevant source of radical political thinking , assimilating his ideas on violent rebellion ...
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... striking pressures of modernity associ- ated with an internationalist world of commercial activities and the unavoidable presence of cultural alterity . 1 Radical Theology / Radical Politics John Ponet And Political INTRODUCTION 29.
... striking pressures of modernity associ- ated with an internationalist world of commercial activities and the unavoidable presence of cultural alterity . 1 Radical Theology / Radical Politics John Ponet And Political INTRODUCTION 29.
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... Ponet's A Shorte Treatise of Politike Power and George Buchanan's De Juri Regni ( Edinburgh 1579 ) , a text that profoundly shaped the think- ing of radical Presbyterians of the period.1 In The Tenure , Milton appends extracts from the ...
... Ponet's A Shorte Treatise of Politike Power and George Buchanan's De Juri Regni ( Edinburgh 1579 ) , a text that profoundly shaped the think- ing of radical Presbyterians of the period.1 In The Tenure , Milton appends extracts from the ...
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Authority in the Ideal Republic | 71 |
Nationhood | 126 |
Of Prophets and Politics | 170 |
Internationalism | 211 |
Notes | 255 |
Works Cited | 285 |
Index | 299 |
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Էջ 130 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Էջ 123 - Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. 4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Էջ 50 - Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to-day into mine hand in the cave : and some bade me kill thee : but mine eye spared thee ; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.
Էջ 237 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother-tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Էջ 107 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Էջ 129 - Know therefore, when my season comes to sit On David's throne, it shall be like a tree Spreading and overshadowing all the earth : Or as a stone, that shall to pieces dash All monarchies besides throughout the world ; And of my kingdom there shall be no end. Means there shall be to this ; but what the means, Is not for thee to know, nor me to tell.
Էջ 198 - Whence thou return'st, and whither went'st, I know ; For God is also in sleep ; and dreams advise, Which he hath sent propitious, some great good Presaging, since, with sorrow and heart's distress Wearied, I fell asleep : but now lead on — In me is no delay : with thee to go, Is to stay here ; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling ; thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence.
Էջ 160 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Էջ 82 - Worcester's laureate wreath: yet much remains To conquer still; Peace hath her victories « No less renowned than War: new foes arise, Threatening to bind our souls with secular chains. Help us to save free conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves, whose Gospel is their maw.