Civil Disobedience

Civil Disobedience

Author: Henry David Thoreau

Publisher: The Floating Press

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 1775412466

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Thoreau wrote Civil Disobedience in 1849. It argues the superiority of the individual conscience over acquiescence to government. Thoreau was inspired to write in response to slavery and the Mexican-American war. He believed that people could not be made agents of injustice if they were governed by their own consciences.


Commentary on Romans

Commentary on Romans

Author: Ernst Kasemann

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9780802808608

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Emphasizing theological rather than historical questions, Kasemann divides Romans into sections according to what he sees as the key theological concept of the letter--the righteousness of God. Detailed bibliographies are provided for each section of the text.


On Civil Government

On Civil Government

Author: David Lipscomb

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2011-12-01

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1610978730

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This volume is a reprint of the most through treatise on pacifism and the separation of church and state from the early era of the Stone-Campbell movement. Drawing on the Old and New Testaments as well as the witness of the early church, Lipscom ( makes a strong case for the church's non-involvement in civil government (in contrast with the divine government, which is being demonstrated through the church community).