Christian Natural Law and Religious Freedom

Deagon addresses the need for a robust theoretical foundation for religious freedom that accounts for its transcendent nature. Deagon proposes an alternative approach rooted in Christian Natural Law.

Autorentext

Alex Deagon is Associate Professor in the School of Law, Queensland University of Technology. He is an international expert in religious freedom and the author of From Violence to Peace (2017) and Reconciling Freedom and Discrimination (2023).

Inhalt

Foreword

1 Introduction

Part I Articulating Christian Natural Law

2 The Different Traditions of Christian Natural Law
3 The Theological Nature of Traditional 'Secular' Natural Law
4 Radical Orthodoxy and the Reconciliation of Christian Natural Law

Part II Christian Natural Law as a Foundation for Religious Freedom

5 Bona: Basic Goods and the Common Good
6 Aletheia: Divine Revelation
7 Agape: The Law of Love, or the Culmination of the True and the Good

Index