<span>the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power
or
</span><span>the activities of governments concerning the political relations between countries
</span>or
<span>the academic study of government and the state</span>
He referred it to the Declaration of independence
He took his ideas and created his own church's with them his ideas also started riots. If you were/are part of a Lutheran church then you are practicing his ideas may not be all but some or most.
