CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Moradi, Mohammad |
|---|---|
| Title | Eschatology and Community in the Radical Reformation:The Political Thought of Hans Hut and Hans Hergot |
| Summary | The present thesis investigates two perennial questions in the history of political thought: first, what is a legitimate community? Second, how should a community be regulated? Its focus is the Radical Reformation in the sixteenth century Europe in which many religious radicals were concerned with eschatological thought. The thesis explores the development of the idea of eschatology from early Jewish and Christian periods to the age of Reformation and demonstrates how eschatology has been transformed from a religious belief into a fervent political idea which drove religious radicals to establish their own communities. By conducting an interpretive reading of the works of Hans Hut and Hans Hergot, two radical reformers, the research highlights their political thought and answers to the two primary questions: at the heart of Hut’s baptismal theology there is a theory of consent by which a Christian community can be legitimized, and Hergot’s constitutional thought argues for democratic regulation of Christian communities. |
| Supervisor | Riedl, Matthias; Moles, Andres |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/moradi_karen.pdf |
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