The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding

ISBN-13: 9781009107846 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Justin Buckley Dyer

Opis

Shows how the American founding was deeply influenced by the classical Christian natural-law tradition.

Recenzje

'Readers of the book will reconsider many of the now conventional claims about the origin and purpose of the American regime … Highly recommended.' D. P. Ramsey, Choice

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Classical and Christian origins; 2. God and nature's law in the pamphlet debates; 3. Thomas Jefferson, nature's God, and the theological foundations of natural-rights republicanism; 4. Reason, revelation, and revolution; 5. Providence and natural law in the war for independence; 6. Reason, will, and popular sovereignty; 7. The law of nature in James Wilson's Lectures on Law; 8. Conclusion: Immanence, transcendence, and the American political order.