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

Autor Kody W. Cooper, Justin Buckley Dyer
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 dec 2022
There has been a considerable amount of literature in the last 70 years claiming that the American founders were steeped in modern thought. This study runs counter to that tradition, arguing that the founders of America were deeply indebted to the classical Christian natural-law tradition for their fundamental theological, moral, and political outlook. Evidence for this thesis is found in case studies of such leading American founders as Thomas Jefferson and James Wilson, the pamphlet debates, the founders' invocation of providence during the revolution, and their understanding of popular sovereignty. The authors go on to reflect on how the founders' political thought contained within it the resources that undermined, in principle, the institution of slavery, and explores the relevance of the founders' political theology for contemporary politics. This timely, important book makes a significant contribution to the scholarly debate over whether the American founding is compatible with traditional Christianity.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781009107846
ISBN-10: 1009107844
Pagini: 225
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

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.

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