Kody W. Cooper (Chattanooga University of Tennessee), Justin Buckley Dyer (Austin University of Texas)

The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics

Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Specialists and non-specialists alike continue to debate the key themes and importance of founding political thought. This book makes the case that the American founders were deeply indebted to the classical Christian natural-law tradition in their fundamental theological, moral, and political outlook.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 225
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9781009107846
• ISBN-10: 1009107844
• Artikelnr.: 63728954

Autorenporträt

Kody W. Cooper is UC Foundation Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Service at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

Inhaltsangabe

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.