Kody W. Cooper, Justin Buckley Dyer

Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics (eBook, PDF)

Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009117166
• Artikelnr.: 70912441

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.