The Peril and Promise of Christian Liberty: Richard Hooker, the Puritans, and Protestant Political Theology Author: W. Bradford Littlejohn Retail Price: $36.50 Our Price: $32.85 Save: 3.65 (10.00%) Availability: In Stock        How do Christians determine when to obey God even if that means disobeying human authorities? In The Peril and Promise of Christian Liberty W. Bradford Littlejohn addresses that question, with particular attention to 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 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. Similar Items you may enjoy! Richard Hooker and Anglican Moral Theology Author: A.J. Joyce Our Price: $213.75 The Promise of Martin Luther's Political Theology: Feeling Luther from the Modern Political Narrative, hardcover Author: Michael Richard and Laffin Our Price: $159.99 The Promise of Martin Luther's Political Theology: Feeling Luther from the Modern Political Narrative, softcover Author: Michael Richard and Laffin Our Price: $42.95 Richard Hooker Author: W. Bradford Littlejohn Our Price: $37.80

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