A Global Sourcebook in Protestant Political Thought, Volume I

This first volume of the Global Sourcebook in Protestant Political Thought provides a window into the early Protestant world, and the ways in which Protestants wrestled with politics and religion in the wake of the Reformation.

Matthew Rowley, FRHistS, is Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Fairfield University. His publications include Trump and the Protestant Reaction to Make America Great Again (Routledge, 2020), God, Religious Extremism and Violence (2024), and Godly Violence in the Puritan Atlantic World (2024). Marietta van der Tol is College Lecturer in Politics at Lincoln College, University of Oxford. She is Principal Investigator of the Protestant Political Thought project and is author of the book Constitutional Intolerance: The Fashioning of the Other in Europe's Constitutional Repertoires (2024).

Part 1: Introduction The Editors Early Modern Biographies as a Window into Political Thought Bruce Gordon Natural law and Divine Law Sarah Mortimer Resistance and Rebellion Karie Schultz The Use of the Sword: Violence, Empire, and Slavery Matthew Rowley Toleration Marietta van der Tol The Hebrew Bible and Politics John Coffey Islam and Protestantism Mehmet Karabela Part 2: Sources