Reforming the Law of Nature the Secularization of Political Thought, 1532-1688 Simon P. Kennedy.
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TextSeries: Edinburgh studies in comparative political theory & intellectual historyPublisher: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Description: 1 online resource (ix, 206 pages)ISBN: 1474494005; 9781474494007Subject(s): Politics | LAW / Natural Law | Religion and politics -- 16th century | Religion and politics -- 17th century | Political science -- Philosophy -- 16th century | Political science -- Philosophy -- 17th century | Natural law -- 16th century | Natural law -- 17th century | Theology -- History -- 16th century | Theology -- History -- 17th centuryGenre/Form: EBSCO eBooks | Electronic books. DDC classification: 201/.7209409031 LOC classification: BL65.P7Online resources: EBSCOhost Summary: Uncovers the relationship between early modern natural law ideas and secular conceptions of politicsProvides a fresh interpretation of the historical relationship between early modern developments in natural law theories and important features of modern political thought, including secularization and liberalismOffers a fresh, interdisciplinary reading of early Reformed Protestant natural law jurisprudence and political thoughtReframes the relationship of the Reformed Protestant tradition to both medieval and Enlightenment political thought and jurisprudence in a way that has a lasting impact on scholarly discourse in law, intellectual history, theology, and political scienceReforming the Law of Nature is a stimulating study of the development of natural law ideas in the early modern period, uncovering their connection to conceptions of the origins of politics. It brings sixteenth and seventeenth century jurisprudence, theology and political philosophy into conversation with one another to uncover the ways in which developments in political thought affected the emergence of a secular understanding of political life.
In English.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-198) and index.
Uncovers the relationship between early modern natural law ideas and secular conceptions of politicsProvides a fresh interpretation of the historical relationship between early modern developments in natural law theories and important features of modern political thought, including secularization and liberalismOffers a fresh, interdisciplinary reading of early Reformed Protestant natural law jurisprudence and political thoughtReframes the relationship of the Reformed Protestant tradition to both medieval and Enlightenment political thought and jurisprudence in a way that has a lasting impact on scholarly discourse in law, intellectual history, theology, and political scienceReforming the Law of Nature is a stimulating study of the development of natural law ideas in the early modern period, uncovering their connection to conceptions of the origins of politics. It brings sixteenth and seventeenth century jurisprudence, theology and political philosophy into conversation with one another to uncover the ways in which developments in political thought affected the emergence of a secular understanding of political life.
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