THEOLOGY AND LAW DIVORCED AND RECONCILED: AQUINAS, LUTHER, RAWLS, AND US

What is divinity if it can come only in silent shadows and in dreams? -Wallace Stevens Let me tell an absurdly brief story about part of the history of theology and law. In this story, I take Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Rawls, and us as signposts. The tale is overly simple, but it can help s...

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Main Author: Jackson, Timothy P. 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2017]
In: Journal of law and religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-78
Further subjects:B Justice
B Legal positivism
B political agape
B Love
B Reason
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Summary:What is divinity if it can come only in silent shadows and in dreams? -Wallace Stevens Let me tell an absurdly brief story about part of the history of theology and law. In this story, I take Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Rawls, and us as signposts. The tale is overly simple, but it can help situate and challenge us. We are at the end of the long decline into legal positivism; a new era of "political agape" beckons.
ISSN:2163-3088
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/jlr.2017.1