Reforming the Law of Nature: Natural Law in the Reformed Tradition and the Secularisation of Political Thought, 1532-1688 - Paperback

by Simon P. Kennedy (Author)

Reforming 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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Uncovers the relationship between early modern natural law ideas and conceptions of the origins of politics Reforming the Law of Nature is a stimulating study of the development of natural law ideas in the early modern period. The book brings sixteenth and seventeenth century jurisprudence, theology and political philosophy into conversation with one another to explore the ways in which developments in political thought in the Reformed Protestant tradition affected the emergence of a secular understanding of political life. Simon P. Kennedy is Senior Lecturer in Humanities at Christian Heritage College and the Director of the Millis Institute, in Brisbane, Queensland. He is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland.

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Simon P. Kennedy is Senior Lecturer in Humanities at Christian Heritage College and the Director of the Millis Institute, in Brisbane, Queensland. He is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland. He researches the intersections between political ideas, law, and religion.