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Avis, P D L “Moses and the Magistrate: A Study in the rise of Protestant Legalism”, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. XXVI, No. 2, April (1975), 149-172.
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Bainton, R H “The Struggle for Religious Liberty”, American Society of Church History, Issue 10 (1941), 95-124.
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Baker, J W “Heinrich Bullinger, the Covenant, and the Reformed Tradition in Retrospect”, Sixteenth Century Journal, XXIX/2 (1998), 359 and further.
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Baker, J W “In Defense of Magisterial Discipline: Bullinger’s ‘Tractatus De Excommunicatione’ of 1568”, HEINRICH BULLINGER 1504-1575 Gesammelte Aufsätze zum 400, Todestag; Band 7, 141-159.
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Baker, J W “The Covenantal Basis for the Development of Swiss Political Federalism: 1291-1848”, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 23 (1993), 19 and further.
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Bierma, L D “Federal theology in the sixteenth century: Two Traditions?”, Westminster Theological Journal, 45 (1983), 304-21.
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Burns, J H “The Political Ideas of George Buchanan”, The Scottish Historical Review, Vol. 30 (1951), 60-67.
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Burrell, S A “The Covenant Idea as a Revolutionary Symbol: Scotland, 1596-1637”, Church History, 27 (1958), 338-49.
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Cottrell, Jack Warren “Is Bullinger the Source for Zwingli’s Doctrine of the Covenant?”, Heinrich Bullinger 1504-1575, Gesammelte Aufsatzw zum 400. Todestag, 75-83.
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Danner, D G “Christopher Goodman and the English Protestant Tradition of Civil Disobedience”, Sixteenth Century Journal, VIII, 3 (1977), 61-73.
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Danner, D G “Resistance and the Ungodly Magistrate in the Sixteenth Century: The Marian Exiles”, The Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 49 (1981), 471-81.
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De Freitas, Shaun & Raath, Andries “Reformation Britain, the Political Dimension of the Covenant, and the Contribution of the Scots”, Journal for Christian Scholarship, 3rd & 4th quarter (2004), 117-147.
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Elazar, D J “The political Theory of Covenant: Biblical Origins and Modern Developments”, Publius 10 (1980), 3-31.
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Elazar, D J “Hobbes Confronts Scripture”, Jewish Political Studies Review, 4:2 (Fall 1992), 3-24.
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Euler, Carrie “Heinrich Bullinger, Marriage, and the English Reformation: The Christen state of Matrimonye in England, 1540-53”, The Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 (2003), 367-393.
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Flinn, R “Samuel Rutherford and Puritan Political Theory”, Journal of Christian Reconstruction, Vol. 5, ( 1978-9), 49-74.
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Ford, J D “The lawful bonds of Scottish Society: The Five Articles of Perth, the Negative Confession, and the National Covenant”, The Historical Journal, Vol. 37, 1 (1994), 45-64.
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Gatis, G J “Puritan Jurisprudence: A Study In Substantive Biblical Law”, Contra Mundum, No. 12, Summer 1994.
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Gillies, Scott A “Zwingli and the Origin of the Reformed Covenant 1524-7 ”, Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol. 54, Number 1 (2001), 21-50.
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Gray, J R “The Political Theory of John Knox”, American Society of Church History, Vol. 8, (1939).
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Greaves, Richard L “John Knox and the Covenant Tradition”, The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. XXIV, 1 (1973), 23-32.
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Greaves, Richard L “The Nature and Intellectual Milieu of the Political Principles in the Geneva Bible Marginalia”, Journal of Church and State, (1980), 233-249.
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Greaves, Richard L “Traditionalism and the Seeds of Revolution in the Social Principles of the Geneva Bible”, Sixteenth Century Journal VII, I (April 1976), 94-109.
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Hagen, Kenneth “From Testament to Covenant in the Early Sixteenth Century”, Sixteenth Century Journal, III, 1 (April 197 2), 1-24.
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Hopfl, Harro & Thompson, Martyn P “The History of Contract as a Motif in Political Thought”, The American Historical Review, Vol. 84, No. 4. (Oct., 1979), 919-944.
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Hudson, Winthrop S “Democratic Freedom and Religious Faith in the Reformed Tradition”, Church History, Issue 15(1946), 177-194.
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Johnston, Robley J “A Study in the Westminster Doctrine of the Relation of the Civil Magistrate to the Church”, The Westminster Theological Journal, Part 1, Vol. 12, 1(1949), 13-29; Part 2, Vol. 12, 2(1949), 121-135.
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Kincaid, John “Influential Models of Political Associations in the Western Trandition”, Publius, (Fall 1980), 31-58.
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Locher, Gottfried W “The Shape of Zwingli’s Theology. A comparison with Luther and Calvin”, Pittsburgh Perspective, Vol.VIII, Number 2, June (1967), 5-27.
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Lyall, Francis “Of Metaphors and Analogies: Legal Language and Covenant Theology”, Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol. 32, (1979), 1-17.
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Møller, Jens G “The Beginnings of Puritan Covenant Theology”, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 14, April (1963), 46-67.
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Mason, Roger A “Knox, Resistance and the Moral Imperative”, History of Political Thought, Vol. 1 No 3, December (1980), 411-436.
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McGiffert, Michael “William Tyndale’s Conception of Covenant”, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol 32 No. 2, April (1981), 167-184.
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Moltmann, Jurgen “Covenant or Leviathan? Political Theology for Modern Times”, Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol. 47, 1 (1994), 19-41.
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O’ Donovan, Joan Lockwood “Political Authority and European Community: The Challenge of the Christian Political Tradition”, Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol. 47, 1 (1994), 1-17.
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Oakley, F “On the Road from Constance to 1688: The political thought of John Major and George Buchanan”, Journal of British Studies, Vol. 1, 2 (1962), 1-31.
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Raath, A.W.G. & De Freitas, S.A., “Samuel Rutherford and the Neo-Thomists. Juristic corporation theory and natural law arguments in Lex, Rex”. Journal for Christian scholarship, Vol. 51(2)(2015), 27-53.
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Raath, A.W.G. & De Freitas, S.A., “Samuel Rutherford's contribution to Reformed Republicanism”. Journal for Christian sholarship, Vol. 51(1)(2015), 93-115.
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Raath, Andries & De Freitas, Shaun “Calling and resistance: Huldrych Zwingli’s (1484-1531) political theology and his legacy of resistance to tyranny”, Koers, 66, 1 (2002), 45-76.
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Raath, Andries & De Freitas, Shaun “From Heinrich Bullinger to puritanism: John Hooper’s theology and the office of magistracy”, Scottish Journal of Theology, 56, 2 (2003), 208-230.
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Raath, Andries & De Freitas, Shaun “Heinrich Bullinger and the Marian Exiles: The Political Foundations of Puritanism”, Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, XXVIII, 2(2001), 1-34.
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Raath, Andries & De Freitas, Shaun “Rebellion, Resistance, and a Swiss Brutus?”, The Historical Journal, 48, 1(2005), 1-26.
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Raath, Andries & De Freitas, Shaun “Theologically United and Divided: The Political Covenantalism of Samuel Rutherford and John Milton”, Westminster Theological Journal, November (2005).
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Raath, Andries & De Freitas, Shaun “Theologico-political Federalism: The Office of Magistracy and the legacy of Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575)”, Westminster Theological Journal,63 (2001), 285-304.
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Raath, Andries & de Freitas, Shaun. “From Heinrich Bullinger to Samuel Rutherford: The Impact of Reformation Zurich on Seventeenth-Century Scottish Political Theory”, Unpublished.
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Raath, Andries & de Freitas, Shaun. “Rebellion, Resistance, and a Swiss Brutus?”, Unpublished.
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Raath, Andries & de Freitas, Shaun. “The Covenant in Ulrich Huber's Enlightened Theology, Jurisprudence and Political Theory”, Unpublished.
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Raath, Andries & Swartz, Nico. “Calling, Estate and Virtue: Martin Luther's Response to the Scholastic Views on the Virtues of Office”, Unpublished.
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Raath, Andries “Federal Jurisprudence in the Public Sphere of the Early Cape Settlement, 1652-1708”, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Vol. 30, Spring 2(2000), 87-109.
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Raath, Andries “From Chrysostom to Luther: the roots of magisterial office in Martyr Vermigli’s political theology”, Skriflig, 39, 1(2005), 1-33.
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Raath, Andries “Heinrich Bullinger, political covenantalism and Vermigli’s commentary on Judges”, Skriflig, 39, 2(2005), 1-15.
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Raath, Andries “The Quest for the Restoration of the Covenant and the Glory of Magistracy: Zurich and the Dutch Second Reformation”, Journal for Christian Scholarship, 3rd & 4th quarter (2003), 1-30.
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Reid, W Stanford “John Knox’s Theology of Political Government”, Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 19, 4 (1988), 529-540.
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Richards, Peter Judson “"The Law Written in Their Hearts"?: Rutherford and Locke on Nature, Government and Resistance”, Journal of Law and Religion, Vol. 18, 1 (2002 - 2003), 151-189.
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Stephenson, John R “The Two Governments and the Two Kingdoms in Luther’s Thought”, Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol. 34, (1981), 321-337.
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Stevenson, David “The ‘Letter on sovereign power’ and the influence of Jean Bodin on Political Thought in Scotland”, The Scottish Historical Review, Vol. LXI, April (1982), 25-43.
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Torrance, James B “The Covenant Concept in Scottish Theology and Politics and its Legacy”, Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol. 34, (1981), 225-243.
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Wollman, David H “The Biblical Justification for Resistance to Authority in Ponet’s and Goodman’s Polemics”, Sixteenth Century Journal, XIII, No. 4 (1982), 29-41.
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