A Natural Law Framework for Evangelicals Today
During a time when political conversations are marked by deep polarization and difficult decision-making, what resources do evangelicals have to think critically and theologically about public life?
For political theorists Bryan T. Mc Graw, Jesse Covington, and Micah Watson, a crucial resource is to be found in natural law, a rich tradition of Christian political thought often neglected by evangelicals. Grounded in the hope and realism of the gospel, their evangelical natural law theory is deep in moral conviction yet oriented toward practical political decision-making. Relevant to all dimensions of political life, they show how an evangelical natural law framework can speak into debates about the economy, family life and marriage, violence and war, and religious freedom.
Hopeful Realism is a generous guide for evangelicals concerned with bringing their theological commitments to bear on their political judgments. A volume that brings together robust theory with practical cases, Covington, Mc Graw, and Watson show how evangelicals can participate as evangelicals in a pluralistic, often polarized, democracy.
During a time when political conversations are marked by deep polarization and difficult decision-making, what resources do evangelicals have to think critically and theologically about public life?
For political theorists Bryan T. Mc Graw, Jesse Covington, and Micah Watson, a crucial resource is to be found in natural law, a rich tradition of Christian political thought often neglected by evangelicals. Grounded in the hope and realism of the gospel, their evangelical natural law theory is deep in moral conviction yet oriented toward practical political decision-making. Relevant to all dimensions of political life, they show how an evangelical natural law framework can speak into debates about the economy, family life and marriage, violence and war, and religious freedom.
Hopeful Realism is a generous guide for evangelicals concerned with bringing their theological commitments to bear on their political judgments. A volume that brings together robust theory with practical cases, Covington, Mc Graw, and Watson show how evangelicals can participate as evangelicals in a pluralistic, often polarized, democracy.
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Table of Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I—Foundations
1. The Bible and Politics
2. Hopeful Realism: An Evangelical Theory of the Natural Law
3. Hopeful Realism’s Political Principles
4. Making Hopeful Realism Practical
Part II—Application
5. Economics
6. Marriage, Sex, and the Family
7. Coercion, Violence, and War
8. Religious Liberty
Conclusion
Bibliography
General Index
Scripture Index
About the author
Micah Watson (Ph D, Princeton University) is the Paul Henry Chair for the Study of Christianity and Politics at Calvin University, where he also directs the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics program.Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9781514007716 ● Publisher IVP Academic ● City Lisle ● Country US ● Published 2025 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 9394838 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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