Covenant and Constitutionalism: The Great Frontier and the Matrix of Federal DemocracyTransaction Publishers, 1998 - 287 Seiten This volume traces the trends and the developing relationships of constitutionalism and covenant that ultimately led to the transformation of the latter into the former. Elazar explores the paths that emerged out of the constitutionalized covenantal tradition in Europe such as federalism, communitarianism, and the cooperative movement. |
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... century later , that idea was transformed into the idea of civil society organized around a po- litical compact and governed by a writ- ten constitution consented to by the people it served . This transformation marked the transition ...
... century later , that idea was transformed into the idea of civil society organized around a po- litical compact and governed by a writ- ten constitution consented to by the people it served . This transformation marked the transition ...
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... century . In the eighteenth century the great wave of ideas derived from the Enlightenment helped bring about the two great revolu- tions of the modern epoch , the American and the French , and the inven- tion of both Federalist and ...
... century . In the eighteenth century the great wave of ideas derived from the Enlightenment helped bring about the two great revolu- tions of the modern epoch , the American and the French , and the inven- tion of both Federalist and ...
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... centuries . While those who saw the hand of God in political affairs in the United States continued to use the term ... century in the British Isles , the Low Coun- tries and in the American colonies ; again at the time of the American ...
... centuries . While those who saw the hand of God in political affairs in the United States continued to use the term ... century in the British Isles , the Low Coun- tries and in the American colonies ; again at the time of the American ...
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... century until nearly the end of the modern epoch , with influ- ence that stretched far beyond its tight little island . That influence was further increased by the fact that the Puritans fought , and in the short term won , a civil war ...
... century until nearly the end of the modern epoch , with influ- ence that stretched far beyond its tight little island . That influence was further increased by the fact that the Puritans fought , and in the short term won , a civil war ...
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... century based upon a synthesis of traditional Iroquois beliefs and at- tempts to harmonize the new realities of the times ) . The Constitution of the Five Nations includes both mythic and historical elements . The League was held ...
... century based upon a synthesis of traditional Iroquois beliefs and at- tempts to harmonize the new realities of the times ) . The Constitution of the Five Nations includes both mythic and historical elements . The League was held ...
Inhalt
Covenant and the American Founding | 19 |
The Revolution and the Declaration of Independence | 49 |
Constitutions as Covenants | 77 |
The United States The Covenant Challenged | 101 |
Covenant and Contending Principles in the Expansion of the United States | 103 |
Slavery and Secession Covenant versus Compact | 125 |
Covenant and the Challenges of Human Nature | 147 |
The Sum of Covenantal Expressions | 169 |
Covenant on the Great Frontier | 193 |
The Western Hemisphere False and Real Frontiers | 195 |
Covenant as a TheoPolitical Tradition A Summary Statement | 245 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abraham Lincoln Afrikaners agreement Ameri American political American Revolution Articles of Confederation basic basis became biblical British Canada Canadian Center Christian church civil society Clinton collectivist colonies combination commonwealth Confederation Congress constitutionalism corporatism covenant idea covenant theology covenant tradition covenantal tradition Daniel democratic developed dimension documents Donald Lutz Elazar enant England equal established European federal constitution federal liberty federal system federal theology Federalist founders frontier hierarchical human Ibid ideology individual influence institutions intellectual Israel Jewish John Lincoln Mark Twain Marranos Massachusetts Melville ment modern epoch moral nature nineteenth century organic original pact Perry Miller political compact political culture principles Protestantism Puritan Quebec Reformed Protestantism religion religious republic republican Revolutionary secular sense settlement settlers slavery social South Africa synthesis territory theory tion transformation U.S. Constitution U.S. Supreme Court Union United University Press Whiggism York Zionist
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