God and the Natural Law
Abstract
Abstract This chapter addresses the question of the relationship between God and the natural law, if such a law (or something like it) in fact exists (or is thought to exist). The authors begin with a brief summary of what most people ordinarily mean by the natural law. This is followed by an account of God and the natural law in the classical tradition (CT), whose most well-known and influential exponent is St. Thomas Aquinas. The chapters then critically explains how three very different kinds of critics of CT assess the role that God plays (or doesn’t play) in their conceptions of the natural law: the Evolutionary Naturalist, the Sola Scripturist, and the New Natural Lawyer.
Fields of Study & Subjects
American Constitutional Law and Politics
Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Moral Arguments for God's Existence
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressNew York, NY
- Pages
- 405–430
- Publication date
- 16 July 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter