God and Government by Jarrett A. Carty - 9780773551510

God and GovernmentMartin Luther's Political Thought\nAuthor(s): Jarrett A. Carty\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada\nImprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\nISBN-13: 9780773551510, 978-0773551510\nSynopsis\nMartin Luther [tel] famously began the Reformation, a movement that shook Europe with religious schism and social upheaval. While his Ninety-Five Theses and other theological works have received centuries of scrutiny and recognition, his political writings have traditionally been dismissed as inconsistent or incoherent. God and Government focuses on Luther's interpretations of theology and the Bible, the historical context of the Reformation, and a wide range of writings that have been misread or misappropriated. Re-contextualizing and clarifying Luther's political ideas, Jarrett Carty contends that the political writings are best understood through Luther's \""two kingdoms\"" teaching, in which human beings are at once subjects of a spiritual i.