%0 Journal Article
%T Richard Baxter and the Republica Christiana Project
%A Tulejski, Tomasz
%J Cracow Studies of Constitutional and Legal History
%V Volume 12 (2019)
%R 10.4467/20844131KS.19.001.10599
%N Volume 12, Issue 1
%P 1-22
%K Richard Baxter, theocracy, Puritan Revolution
%@ 2084-4115
%D 2019
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kshpp/article/richard-baxter-i-projekt-republica-christiana
%X Richard Baxter was one of the most prominent religious writers of the English Civil War period. His theological works greatly infl uenced the birth of English Reformed theology. As the author points out, Baxter was also a sophisticated political writer of great importance to the right-wing Presbyterians. To this day, he is also recognized as one of the fathers of the concept of a social contract. However, as the author argues, Baxter’s vision of the Christian state was his most important contribution to the field. He ultimately propones the theocracy, where the state and the church are joined together by the elements of the institutional structure that leads citizens to salvation.