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Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal

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by Baker Robert C Baker

    • Author

      Baker Robert C Baker

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Concordia

    • Published

      January 2011

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      Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal

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      Product Description

      Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal presents engaging essays from contemporary Lutheran scholars, teachers, and pastors, each offering a fresh reappraisal of natural law within the context of historic Lutheran teaching and practice. Thought-provoking questions following each essay will help readers apply key Bible texts associated with natural law to their daily lives.

      Why the Natural Law Is Necessary

      No contemporary thinker is interested in a wooden representation of the natural law that is tied necessarily to the particular metaphysical foundations in the Thomistic-Aristotelian synthesis. The history of natural law shows a wide variety of interpretations and applications. But they all have some elements in common. They all oppose cultural relativism, the notion that laws are mere moral conventions that vary among societies, with no transcendent ontological claim to being universally valid and binding. To the contrary; those who hold to the natural law believe that for a law to be just, it must conform to the structure of reality itself and not depend on the oscillating opinions and preferences of human beings. The law must be the same for all human beings and at all times, so that if murder is morally wrong in America, it is equally so in Asia and Africa. If torture is to be condemned as evil in Jerusalem, it must be equally so in London and Tehran. The United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights formulates rules with respect to freedom and equality that are binding on all nations and peoples, not because of any majority vote, but because of an inherent correspondence between reason and nature. That is what is meant by saying that the Law is "written on the hearts" (Romans 2:25) of all human beings.

      - Carl Braaten -

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      • Author

        Baker Robert C Baker

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Concordia

      • Published

        January 2011

      • Weight

        441g

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 19 mm

      • ISBN

        9780758627339

      • ISBN-10

        0758627335

      • Eden Code

        4838562

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      • Author/Creator: Baker Robert C Baker

      • ISBN: 9780758627339

      • Publisher: Concordia

      • Release Date: January 2011

      • Weight: 441g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 19 mm

      • Eden Code: 4838562


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