Covenant and Commonwealth

by Daniel J. Elazar and Daniel Elazar

At the very beginning of the history of the covenant idea, human beings were conceived as entering into a morally grounded and informal pact with God. Politically, this pact, or covenant, involves the coming together of basically equal humans who consent with one another through a morally binding pact, setting the partners on the road to a new task. As a theological and political concept, covenant is designed to keep the peace in the face of conflicting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560002085
• ISBN13: 9781560002086
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"