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1 online resource (304 pages) |
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NATURAL LAW AND EVANGELICAL POLITICAL THOUGHT; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Understanding Evangelical Discomfort with Natural Law; 1 Burying the Wrong Corpse: Evangelicals and Natural Law; 2 Karl Barth's Eschatological (rejection of) Natural Law: An Eschatological Natural Law Theory of Divine Command; 3 The Doctrine of Creation and the Possibilities of an Evangelical Natural Law; Part II: Evangelicalism and Natural Law: Continuing Questions; 4 Natural Law and Mosaic Law in the Theology of Paul: Their Relationship and Its Social-Political Implications |
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5 Natural Law, God, and Human Dignity6 Reason and Will in Natural Law; 7 Natural Law: Friend of Common Grace?; Part III: An Evangelical Natural Law Tradition? Charting a Path Forward; 8 The Grammar of Virtue: St. Augustine and the Natural Law; 9 C.S. Lewis as Natural Law Evangelist: Evangelical Political Thought and the People in the Pew; 10 Natural Law, Civic Friendship, and Stanley Hauerwas's Counter-Polis Thesis; 11 More Than a Passing Fancy? The Evangelical Engagement with Natural Law; Editorial Epilogue; Index; Contributors |
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This volume explores the problems and prospects attending evangelical engagement with natural law as a key feature for political thought. Engaging theology, philosophy, political theory and biblical studies, many contributors are optimistic about the prospects of evangelical re-appropriation of natural law, but note ways in which evangelical commitments might lend distinctive shape to this engagement |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Natural law.
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Natural law -- Religious aspects -- Evangelicalism
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Religion and law -- United States
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LAW -- Essays.
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LAW -- General Practice.
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LAW -- Jurisprudence.
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LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism.
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LAW -- Practical Guides.
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LAW -- Reference.
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Natural law
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Religion and law
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
McGraw, Bryan T
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Watson, Micah
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Bacote, Vincent
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Budziszewski, J
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Charles, J. Daryl
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Couenhoven, Jesse
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DeHart, Paul R., 1975-
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George, Robert P
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VanDrunen, David
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Wright, Matthew
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| ISBN |
9780739173237 |
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0739173235 |
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1306538726 |
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9781306538725 |
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0739173227 |
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9780739173220 |
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