The Revolution of the Saints

Name: The Revolution of the Saints
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Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780674767867

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334 pages1965Harvard University PressISBN 9780674767867

Morale chrétienne Histoire Christianisme et politique Sciences sociales et morale Calvinisme Protestantisme Histoire religieuse Puritains History Calvinism Puritans Church history Christianity and politics Modern period Great Britain Politieke theorieën Puritanisme Radicalism Intellectual life

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The Revolution of the Saints is a study, both historical and sociological, of the radical political response of the Puritans to disorder. It interprets and analyzes Calvinism as the first modern expression of an unremitting determination to transform on the basis of an ideology the existing political and moral order. Michael Walzer examines in detail the circumstances and ideological options of the Puritan intelligentsia and gentry. He sees Puritanism, in sharp contrast to some generally accepted views, as the political theory of intellectuals and gentlemen attempting to create a new government and society.

Publication Details

Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1965
Pages: 334
ISBN: 9780674767867

About Unknown Author

Michael Laban Walzer (born on March 3, 1935) is a prominent American political theorist and public intellectual. A professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, he is editor emeritus of Dissent, an intellectual magazine that he has been affiliated with since his years as an undergraduate at Brandeis University. He has written books and essays on a wide range of topics—many in political ethics—including just and unjust wars, nationalism, ethnicity, Zionism, economic justice, social criticism, radicalism, tolerance, and political obligation. He is also a contributing editor to *The New Republic*. To date, he has written 27 books and published over 300 articles, essays, and book reviews in *Dissent*, *The New Republic*, *The New York Review of Books*, *The New Yorker*, *The New York Times*, *Harpers*, and many philosophical and political science journals. **Source**: [Michael Walzer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Walzer) on Wikipedia.