Theological foundations. The nature of authority ; The predestinarian question -- The Christian community : ecclesiological considerations. The church ; The ministry and government of the church ; The sacraments -- The Christian community : political considerations. The covenant tradition ; The legitimacy of resistance ; The gynecocracy controversy ; Calvinism, democracy, and Knox's political thought -- The Christian community : social and ecumenical considerations. Knox's social awareness : the problems of poverty and educational reform ; The Knoxian paradox: ecumenism and nationalism in the Scottish reformation.