ETHICS OF GOVERNMENT - HISTORICAL
O'Donovan, O. & J. (eds.) (1999) From Irenaeus to Grotius: a sourcebook in Christian Political Thought
Patristic
Augustine City of God 19
Augustine Letter 189
Harnack, A. Militia Christi
Lactantius Divine Institutes 5 (Ante-Niceme Fathers)
Swift, L. J. The Early Fathers on War and Military Service
Tertullian De Corona (Ante-Nicene Fathers)
Markus, R. A. (1970) Saeculum: religion society and history in the thought of Augustine
Bernard of Clairvaux On Consideration
Russell, F. H The Just War in the Middle Ages
Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae I-II qq. 90-96, II:II, qq.40-42
Tierney, B The Idea of Natural Rights
William of Ockham A Short Treatise on the Power of the Pope
Erasmus, D. The Complaint of Peace
Luther, M. On Temporal Authority (Luther's Works vol. 45)
Vitoria, F. di On the Indies & On the Law of War (in Political Writings)
Cargill-Thompson W. The Political Thought of Martin Luther
Bratt, J. D. Abraham Kuyper, a centennial reader
Cooper, D. E "Hegel's Theory of Punishment" in Pelczynski, Z. (ed.), Hegel's Political Philosophy.
Hegel, G. W. F Philosophy of Right 82-103
Heslam, P Creating a Christian World View
Kant, I Metaphysics of Morals: The Metaphysical Elements of Justice 49E
Kuyper, A Lectures on Calvinism
Rerum Novarum (Papal Encyclical, Leo XIII)
Quadragesimo Anno (Papal Encyclical , Pius XI)
Raven, C. The Theological Basis of Christian Pacifism
Tawney, R. H. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
Weber, M. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
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