Uncovers the relationship between early modern natural law ideas and conceptions of the origins of politicsReforming 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.
About the AuthorSimon P. Kennedy, Senior Lecturer in Humanities and the Director of the Millis Institute, Christian Heritage College, Queensland.
Book InformationISBN 9781474493987
Author Simon P. KennedyFormat Hardback
Page Count 216
Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press