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Classical Christian Natural Law and the American Political Order

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2022

Kody W. Cooper
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Justin Buckley Dyer
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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Summary

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the public political theology of the founding faces fundamental ideological challenges. Progressive politics is marked by a pre-Christian paganism that sees divinity as imanent in the world while conservative politics is increasingly influenced by resurgent forms of Christian, and particularly Catholic, integralism, which seeks to reintegrate elements of spiritual and temporal authority that were separated in the modern era. We consider what relevance the classical Christian natural-law tradition has as we consider the legacy of the American founding today.

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The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics
Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding
, pp. 210 - 238
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Conclusion
  • Kody W. Cooper, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Justin Buckley Dyer, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics
  • Online publication: 22 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009106030.008
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  • Conclusion
  • Kody W. Cooper, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Justin Buckley Dyer, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics
  • Online publication: 22 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009106030.008
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  • Conclusion
  • Kody W. Cooper, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Justin Buckley Dyer, University of Texas, Austin
  • Book: The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics
  • Online publication: 22 December 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009106030.008
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