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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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Journal of law and religion
Jahr: 2017, Band: 32, Heft: 1, Seiten: 71-78 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Justice
B Legal positivism B political agape B Love B Reason |
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Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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ISSN: | 2163-3088 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/jlr.2017.1 |