CREATURELY LAW
Theological explorations of law have sometimes followed a "prophetic" model in which scripture or theological ethics serves as the primary norm for human law. After all, if God has spoken his Law into the world, especially a world beset by sin and oppression, should not human law answer to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 40-45 |
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Creation
B Time B creation ex nihilo B legal theology B Contingency B Dominion |
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| Summary: | Theological explorations of law have sometimes followed a "prophetic" model in which scripture or theological ethics serves as the primary norm for human law. After all, if God has spoken his Law into the world, especially a world beset by sin and oppression, should not human law answer to that Law? Moreover, is not law more authoritative when it is "found" or "discovered" within the framework of divine revelation than when it is "made" autonomously by fallen human beings? |
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| ISSN: | 2163-3088 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/jlr.2017.2 |