SCHENK, W. The Concern for Social Justice in the Puritan Revolution.

SCHENK, W. The Concern for Social Justice in the Puritan Revolution.

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London): Longmans, Green & Co., 1948. First edition. Hardcover.  xi, 180 pages.  A detailed study of the religious and political origins of social thought during the English Civil War and Interregnum. Schenk examines Puritan and sectarian attitudes toward property, labour, and equality, focusing on the Levellers, Diggers, and related radical movements. Analyses theological and moral arguments for social reform and their influence on later Protestant and democratic traditions. With bibliography and index.  A very good copy in dust jacket. 

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