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Listed below are 79 books that may be helpful to those that are interested in Biblical Constitutional and Political research. New books will be added periodically.

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“A Covenant of Life Opened” (Harrisonburg, Virginia: Sprinkle Publications, 1982).
“A Free Disputation Against the Pretended Liberty of Conscience” (Harrisonburg, Virginia: Sprinkle Publications, 1982).
“Althusius’ Grand Design for a Federal Commonwealth” (Preface in an abridged translation by Frederick S. Carney of Johannes Althusius’s Politics Methodically Set Forth and Illustrated with Sacred and Profane Examples, (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1995, xxxv–lvii).
“Covenant and Commonwealth. From Christian Separation through the Protestant Reformation. The Covenant Tradition in Politics”, Vol. II (New Brunswick, N. J.: Transaction Publishers, 1996).
“Millennianism and Social Theory” (Tyler, Texas: Institute for Christian Economics, 1990).
“The Nature of the English Revolution” (Longman Group UK Limited, 1993).
“Victim’s Rights: The Biblical View of Civil Justice” (Tyler, Texas: Institute for Christian Economics, 1990).
Allen, J W A “History of Political Thought in the Sixteenth Century” (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1977).
Baker, Wayne “Covenant and Society: The Respublica Christiana in the Thought of Heinrich Bullinger” (Ph. D. Thesis, University of Iowa, 1970).
Baker, Wayne “Heinrich Bullinger and the Covenant: The Other Reformed Tradition” (Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1980).
Bauman, Michael & Hall, David (eds.) “God & Caesar. Selected Essays from the 1993 Evangelical Theological Society’s Convention at Washington, DC” (Camp Hill, PA: Christian Publications, 1994).
Berman, Harold J “Law and Revolution. The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition” (Harvard University Press, 1983).
Boettner, Loraine “The Christian Attitude toward War” (Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1985).
Brutus, Junius “A Defence of Liberty Against Tyrants” or “Of the lawful power of the Prince over the People, and of the People over the Prince” (Harold J. Laski [ed.], A translation of the Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos by Junius Brutus, with an historical introduction by Harold J. Laski, London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1924).
Bullinger, Heinrich “The Decades of Henry Bullinger” (4 Volumes, translated by H. I. and edited for the Parker Society by Thomas Harding, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1849–1852).
Carney, Frederick S “The Politics of Johannes Althusius” (An abridged translation by Frederich S. Carney of the third edition of Johannes Althusius’s Politica Methodice Digesta, Atque Exemplis Sacris et Profanis Illustrata, including the prefaces of the first and second editions and with a preface by C. J. Friedrich, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1964).
Catherwood, H F R “The Christian Citizen” (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1969).
Church, William F “Constitutional Thought in Sixteenth-Century France. A Study in the Evolution of Ideas” (Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1941).
Coffey, John “Politics, Religion and the British Revolutions. The Mind of Samuel Rutherford” (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997).
D’ Entrèves, Alexander P “The Medieval Contribution to Political Thought: Thomas Aquinas, Marsilius of Padua and Richard Hooker” (New York: The Humanities Press, 1959).
Davis, Dale R “The Wisdom and the Folly. An Exposition of the Book of First Kings” (Ross-shire: Christian Focus Publications, 2002).
DeMar, Gary “God and Government. A Biblical and Historical Study" Vol. 1 (Atlanta, Georgia: American Vision, Inc., 1997); “God and Government. Issues in Biblical Perspective” Vol. 2 (Atlanta, Georgia: American Vision, Inc., 1989); “God and Government. The Restoration of the Republic” Vol. 3 (Atlanta, Georgia: American Vision, Inc., 1989).
Dickens, A G “Reformation and Society in Sixteenth-Century Europe” (Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1966).
Dunning, William A “A History of Political Theories. From Luther to Montesquieu” (New York and London: MacMillan and Co. Ltd., 1938).
Einwechter, William O (ed.) “Explicitly Christian Politics. The Vision of the National Reform Association” (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Christian Statesman Press, 1997).
Elazar, Daniel J “Covenant and Polity in Biblical Israel. Biblical Foundations and Jewish Expressions. The Covenant Tradition in Politics”, Vol. 1 (New Brunswick, N. Y. and London, U. K.: Transaction Publishers, 1995).
Figgis, John Neville “The Divine Right of Kings” (2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1914).
Foster, Finley M “Church and State. Their relations considered” (New York: Peerless Printing Co., 1940).
Foulner, Martin A (compilor) “Theonomy and the Westminster Confession: An annotated sourcebook” (Marpet Press, 1997).
Franklin, Julian H (ed. & transl.) “Constitutionalism and Resistance in the Sixteenth Century: Three Treatises by Hotman, Beza, & Mornay” (New York: Pegasus, Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1969).
Gierke, Otto “Natural Law and the Theory of Society 1500-1800” ([translated by Ernest Barker] Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1950).
Gillespie, George “Aaron’s Rod Blossoming” or “The Divine Order of Church Government Vindicated” (Harrisonburgh, Virginia: Sprinkle Publications, 1985).
Gough, J W “The Social Contract. A Critical Study of its development” (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1936).
Graham, W. Fred “The Constructive Revolutionary: John Calvin & His Socio-Economic Impact” (Richmond, Virginia: John Knox Press, 1971).
Greenslade, S L “Church & State from Constantine to Theodosius” (London: SCM Press Ltd., 1954).
Höpfl, Harro “The Christian Polity of John Calvin” (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982).
Hall, David W “Savior or Servant? Putting Government in its Place” (Oak Ridge: The Covenant Foundation, 1996).
Hancock, Ralph C “Calvin and the Foundations of Modern Politics” (London: Cornell University Press, 1989).
Hetherington, William M “History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines” ([reprint of the third edition, 1856] Edmonton: Still Waters Revival Books, 1991).
Hinsley, F H “Sovereignty” (2nd edition Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986).
Holmes, Arthur F (ed.) “War and Christian Ethics” (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1975).
Hunt, George L (ed.) “Calvinism and the Political Order” (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1965).
Hyma, Albert “Christianity and Politics: A History of the Principles and Struggles of Church and State” (J. B. Lippincott Company, 1938).
Kik, Marcellus J “Church and State. The Story of Two Kingdoms” (further particulars unknown).
Knox, John “A Brief Exhortation to England, for the Speedy Embracing of the Gospel Heretofore by the Tyranny of Mary Suppressed and Banished 1559” (Kevin Reed [ed.] Dallas, Texas: Presbyterian Heritage Publications, 1995).
Lamont, William M “Godly Rule. Politics and Religion, 1603-60” (London: Macmillan and Co Ltd., 1969).
Lecler, Joseph “Toleration and the Reformation” Volume 2 ([A translation by T. L. Westow] Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1960).
Linder, Robert Dean “The Political Ideas of Pierre Viret” (Geneva: Librairie Droz, 1964).
Mason, Roger A (ed.) “John Knox on Rebellion” (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994).
Mason, Roger A (ed.) “Scots and Britons. Scottish political thought and the union of 1603” (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994).
McCoy, Charles S and Baker, J Wayne “Fountainhead of Federalism. Heinrich Bullinger and the Covenantal Tradition” (with a translation of the De testamento seu foedere Dei unico et aeterno, 1534 by Heinrich Bullinger, Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991).
Morey, Robert A “When is it Right to Fight?” (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany House Publishers, 1985).
Morgan, Edmund S. (ed.) “Puritan Political Ideas 1558-1794” (The Bobbs Merrill Company, Inc., 1965).
Morrill, John (ed.) “The Scottish National Covenant in its British Context” (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1990).
Morris, Christopher “Political Thought in England. Tyndale to Hooker” (London: Oxford University Press, 1953).
Murphey, Edward J “In Your Justice” (Vallecito, California: Ross House Books, 1982).
Murray, R H “The Political Consequences of the Reformation. Studies in Sixteenth Century Political Thought” (London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1926).
North, Gary “Moses & Pharaoh. Dominion Religion versus Power Religion” (Tyler, Texas: Institute for Christian Economics, 1985).
O’Donovan, Oliver and Joan (eds.) “From Irenaeus to Grotius: A Sourcebook in Christian Political Thought 100 – 1625” (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1999).
Pearson, A. F. Scott “Church and State. Political Aspects of Sixteenth-Century Puritanism”(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1928).
Perks, Stephen C “A Defence of the Christian State” (Taunton: The Kuyper Foundation, 1998).
Pratt, Richard L “1 and 2 Chronicles. A Mentor Commentary” (Fearn, Ross-shire: Christian Focus Publications, 1998).
Rushdoony, Rousas John “Christianity and the State” (Vallecito, California: Ross House Books, 1986).
Rutherford, Samuel “Lex, Rex” A dispute for the just prerogative of king and people (Harrisonburg, Virginia: Sprinkle Publications, 1982).
Sabine, George H and Thorson, Thomas L “A History of Political Theory” ([4th edition] Orlando: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973).
Salmon, J H M “The French Religious Wars in English Political Thought” (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959).
Sanders, T G “Protestant Concepts of Church and State” (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964).
Sanderson, John “ ‘But the People’s Creatures’ The philosophical basis of the English Civil War” (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1989).
Skinner, Quentin “The Foundations of Modern Political Thought” Volume Two: The Age of Reformation” (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978).
Symington, William “Messiah the Prince” (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Christian Statesman Press, 1999).
Taylor, E L H “The Christian Philosophy of Law, Politics and the State” (Nutley: The Craig Press, 1966).
Terry, Randall A “The Sword. The blessing of righteous government and the overthrow of tyrants” (Windsor, New York: The Reformer Library, 1995).
Tierney, Brian “Religion, law, and the growth of constitutional thought 1150 – 1650” (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982).
Todd, Margo “Christian Humanism and the Puritan Social Order” (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987).
Trevor-Roper, H R “Religion, the Reformation and Social Change” (London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1967).
Troeltsch, Ernst (trans. by Olive Wyon) “The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches” Vol. 2 (London: Novello and Company Ltd., first published in English in 1931).
Von Gierke, Otto (trans. by Bernard Freyd) “The Development of Political Theory” (New York: Howard Fertig, 1966).
Witte, John, Jr., “Law and Protestantism: The Legal Teachings of the Lutheran Reformation” (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002).
Woods, Dennis “Discipling the Nations. The Government upon His Shoulder” (Franklin, Tennessee: Legacy Communications, 1996).
 
  

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