The Christian Commonwealth

John Eliot (1604 - 1690)

John Eliot, a North American missionary, advocates for post-civil-war England to adopt a representative democracy, using the Mosaic Law as a model. (Summary by Aaron Decker)

Genre(s): Political Science, Christianity - Other

Language: English

Keyword(s): england (362), New England (47), puritan (35), democracy (17), Moses (14), commonwealth (9), republic (7), mosaic (1), theocracy (1), theonomy (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Aaron Decker
00:29:26
Play 01 Chapters 1-8 and retraction Aaron Decker
00:47:51