The title of this work derives from a biblical sea creature that the author characterizes as the perfect government.  
The author of this work describes the title of one of its sections not as a reference to Hell but as a "confederacy of deceivers", and he states that one cause of the aforementioned condition is misinterpretation of the Scripture. The "Kingdom of Darkness" is mentioned in Part IV of this work, while other books describe the nature of the commonwealth as well as that of the Christian commonwealth.  It was written in the midst of the English Civil War and published at the war's conclusion in 1651.  The title of this work derives from a biblical sea creature that the author characterizes as the perfect government.  Offering the earliest examples of the social contract theory, for 10 points, name this seminal work of political thought written by Thomas Hobbes.
The author of this work describes the title of one of its sections not as a reference to Hell
{Leviathan}