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The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics - Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding (Hardcover)
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The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics - Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding (Hardcover)
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There has been a considerable amount of literature in the last 70
years claiming that the American founders were steeped in modern
thought. This study runs counter to that tradition, arguing that
the founders of America were deeply indebted to the classical
Christian natural-law tradition for their fundamental theological,
moral, and political outlook. Evidence for this thesis is found in
case studies of such leading American founders as Thomas Jefferson
and James Wilson, the pamphlet debates, the founders' invocation of
providence during the revolution, and their understanding of
popular sovereignty. The authors go on to reflect on how the
founders' political thought contained within it the resources that
undermined, in principle, the institution of slavery, and explores
the relevance of the founders' political theology for contemporary
politics. This timely, important book makes a significant
contribution to the scholarly debate over whether the American
founding is compatible with traditional Christianity.
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