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Author | : Fulvio Di Blasi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
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Translation of: Dio e la legge naturale: una rilettura di Tommaso d'Aquino.
Author | : Matthew Levering |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2008-03-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0191538663 |
Download Biblical Natural Law Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Natural law theory is controversial today because it presumes that there is a stable 'human nature' that is subject to a 'law.' How do we know that 'human nature' is stable and not ever-evolving? How can we expect 'law' not to constrict human freedom and potential? Furthermore if there is a 'law,' there must be a lawgiver. Matthew Levering argues that natural law theory makes sense only within a broader worldview, and that the Bible sketches both such a persuasive worldview and an account of natural law that offers an exciting portrait of the moral life. To establish the relevance of biblical readings to the wider philosophical debate on natural law, this study offers an overview of modern natural law theories from Cicero to Nietzsche, which reverse the biblical portrait by placing human beings at the center of the moral universe. Whereas the biblical portrait of natural law is other-directed, ordered to self-giving love, the modern accounts turn inward upon the self. Drawing on the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, Levering employs theological and philosophical investigation to achieve a contemporary doctrine of natural law that accords with the biblical witness to a loving Creator who draws human beings to share in the divine life. This book provides both an introduction to natural law theory and a compelling challenge to re-think current biblical scholarship on the topic.
Author | : David Haines |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2017-12 |
Genre | : Natural law |
ISBN | : 9780999552728 |
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As Christians, we affirm that Scripture is our supreme guide to truth and righteousness. Some wish to go further and assert that it is our only guide. But how then can we account for the remarkable insight and moral integrity that many unbelievers seem to display? Indeed, how to account for the myriad ways in which believers themselves navigate the world based on knowledge and intuition not always derived from Scripture? Enter the doctrine of natural law. Frequently misrepresented as an assertion of the autonomous power of human reason or as a uniquely Roman Catholic doctrine, natural law has actually been an integral part of orthodox Christian theology since the beginning, and is even clearly asserted in Scripture itself. In this brief guide, David Haines and Andrew Fulford explain the philosophical foundations of natural law, clear up common misunderstandings about the term, and demonstrate the robust biblical basis for natural law reasoning.
Author | : Harry J. Gensler |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2016-05-31 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107052440 |
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This book develops strong versions of divine command theory and natural law and defends the importance of God to morality.
Author | : Jeffrey B. Hammond |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 471 |
Release | : 2021-06-24 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1108835384 |
Download Christianity and the Laws of Conscience Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book explores the Christian theological, legal, constitutional, historical, and philosophical meanings of conscience for both scholarly and educated general audiences.
Author | : Robert A. Morey |
Publisher | : Xulon Press |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2010-05 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1609571436 |
Download The Bible, Natural Theology and Natural Law: Conflict Or Compromise? Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Dr. Robert Morey's study of natural law and natural theology raises important questions that every Bible-believer will want answered. His careful study and explanation of various Bible passages will yield a useful orientation to the classic arguments furnished us by the Reformers and their faithful heirs. Dr. Nelson Kloosterman The present volume presents a devastating critique of natural theology and natural law. Its argument is solidly biblical, and its accumulation of biblical data is overwhelming. I hope that God prospers it so that many will read it and take heed. Dr. John Frame A.W. Tozer said, "the most important thing about any person is what comes into their mind when they think of the word God." If you digest Dr. Morey's book, you will think of 'God' as the glorious One depicted in Holy Scripture." John G. Reisinger, I appreciate Dr. Morey's emphasis on making the Bible alone the theoretical basis for science and the arts. All throughout the book he consistently points to the Scriptures as the basis for sustaining everything else. Dr. Simon Kistemaker
Author | : Henry Drummond |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1893 |
Genre | : Natural theology |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Lawrence Hill |
Publisher | : Ignatius Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1621640175 |
Download After the Natural Law Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The "natural law" worldview developed over the course of almost two thousand years beginning with Plato and Aristotle and culminating with St. Thomas Aquinas in the thirteenth century. This tradition holds that the world is ordered, intelligible and good, that there are objective moral truths which we can know and that human beings can achieve true happiness only by following our inborn nature, which draws us toward our own perfection. Most accounts of the natural law are based on a God-centered understanding of the world. After the Natural Law traces this tradition from Plato and Aristotle to Thomas Aquinas and then describes how and why modern philosophers such as Descartes, Locke and Hobbes began to chip away at this foundation. The book argues that natural law is a necessary foundation for our most important moral and political values – freedom, human rights, equality, responsibility and human dignity, among others. Without a theory of natural law, these values lose their coherence: we literally cannot make sense of them given the assumptions of modern philosophy. Part I of the book traces the development of natural law theory from Plato and Aristotle through the crowning achievement of Thomas Aquinas. Part II explores how modern philosophers have systematically chipped away at the only coherent foundation for these values. As a result, our most important moral and political ideals today are incoherent. Modern political and moral thinkers have been led either to dilute the meaning of such terms as freedom or the moral good – or abandon these ideas altogether. Thus, modern philosophy and political thought are leading us either toward anarchy or totalitarianism. The conclusion, entitled "Why God Matters", shows how even the philosophical assumptions of the natural law depend on a personal God.
Author | : David VanDrunen |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 2014-05-14 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1467440639 |
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This book addresses the old question of natural law in its contemporary context. David VanDrunen draws on both his Reformed theological heritage and the broader Christian natural law tradition to develop a constructive theology of natural law through a thorough study of Scripture. The biblical covenants organize VanDrunen's study. Part 1 addresses the covenant of creation and the covenant with Noah, exploring how these covenants provide a foundation for understanding God's governance of the whole world under the natural law. Part 2 treats the redemptive covenants that God established with Abraham, Israel, and the New Testament church and explores the obligations of God's people to natural law within these covenant relationships. In the concluding chapter of Divine Covenants and Moral Order VanDrunen reflects on the need for a solid theology of natural law and the importance of natural law for the Christian's life in the public square.]>
Author | : Charles P. Nemeth |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2017-05-18 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1350009474 |
Download A Comparative Analysis of Cicero and Aquinas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In A Comparative Analysis of Cicero and Aquinas, Charles P. Nemeth investigates how, despite their differences, these two figures may be the most compatible brothers in ideas ever conceived in the theory of natural law. Looking to find common threads that run between the philosophies of these two great thinkers of the Classical and Medieval periods, this book aims to determine whether or not there exists a common ground whereby ethical debates and dilemmas can be evaluated. Does comparison between Cicero and Aquinas offer a new pathway for moral measure, based on defined and developed principles? Do they deliver certain moral and ethical principles for human life to which each agree? Instead of a polemical diatribe, comparison between Cicero and Aquinas may edify a method of compromise and afford a more or less restrictive series of judgements about ethical quandaries.