Justifying Revolution

Gary L. Steward is Assistant Professor of History at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, Colorado. He received a BA in history from South Dakota State University, an MDiv from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and a ThM in historical theology from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He earned a PhD from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Church History and Historical Theology, focusing on American religious history. He previously served as the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, and currently lives in Arvada, Colorado with his wife and three kids.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: "The great part of it was stolen": Jonathan Mayhew's Doctrine of Political Resistance

Chapter 2: "Never to be forgotten": Governor Andros, the Glorious Revolution, and Resistance to the Stamp Act

Chapter 3: "No Bishop, No Tyrant!": The Debate over American Bishops and the Threat to Religious Liberty

Chapter 4: "An established law of our nature": Self-Defense and Resistance Doctrine

Chapter 5: "One of the best causes of the world": The British Clergy's Support of American Resistance

Chapter 6: "As differentELas light is from darkness": John Witherspoon's Support of Independence

Chapter 7: Conclusion

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