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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... original contribution to scholarship of and on Western civilization . As such it will be of deep and lasting interest to historians , social scientists , and thep- logians of all persuasions . About the Author Daniel J. Elazar is ...
... original contribution to scholarship of and on Western civilization . As such it will be of deep and lasting interest to historians , social scientists , and thep- logians of all persuasions . About the Author Daniel J. Elazar is ...
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... original political sense of covenantal . It is the story of the human pacts of moder- nity , made " under God " rather than with the Supreme Being , to establish ordered liberty under the law involving the combination of self - rule and ...
... original political sense of covenantal . It is the story of the human pacts of moder- nity , made " under God " rather than with the Supreme Being , to establish ordered liberty under the law involving the combination of self - rule and ...
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... original covenant , as does the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 , but that is optional . Although perhaps more difficult than tracing covenantal ideas ex- pressed in political thought , covenant as ideology is more easily identi ...
... original covenant , as does the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 , but that is optional . Although perhaps more difficult than tracing covenantal ideas ex- pressed in political thought , covenant as ideology is more easily identi ...
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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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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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